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Are we 'persons' yet? : law and sexuality in Canada / Kathleen A. Lahey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lahey, Kathleen A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Canada. Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
- Canada.
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Canada).
- Homosexuality--Law and legislation--Canada.
- Homosexuality.
- Sex discrimination--Law and legislation--Canada.
- Sex discrimination.
- Sex and law--Canada.
- Sex and law.
- Genre:
- Livres numeriques.
- e-books.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (505 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, [1999]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 1929 women were declared 'persons' under the British North America Act. Seventy years later a similar move is afoot to establish constitutional personhood for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, and transgendered people.
- Contents:
- "Full life," human rights, and sexuality
- Chart(er)ed rights
- "Demonstrably justifying" discrimination
- Human rights, charter rights, and "legal personality"
- Are we "persons" yet?
- Counting queers
- The high costs of being queer
- The high costs of heterosexuality and the "queer penalty"
- The "benefit" conundrum and the politics of exclusion
- The costs of "incrementalism"
- The future of queer personhood.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-02571-6
- 9786612025716
- 1-4426-7095-9
- OCLC:
- 944178499
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