Queer mobilizations : social movement activism and Canadian public policy / edited by Manon Tremblay.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tremblay, Manon, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay rights--Canada.

Gay rights.

Gay liberation movement--Canada.

Gay liberation movement.

Gay people--Government policy--Canada.

Gay people.

Lesbians--Government policy--Canada.

Lesbians.

Bisexual people--Government policy--Canada.

Bisexual people.

Trans people--Government policy--Canada.

Trans people.

LGBTQ+ activism.

LGBTQ+ movement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 322 pages)

Place of Publication:

Vancouver, British Columbia : UBC Press, 2015.

Summary:

Ever since certain homosexual acts were decriminalized in 1969, queer activists have fought for – and won – a series of public policy battles in governments across Canada. As Queer Mobilizations shows, anti-discrimination legislation, the extension of benefits to same-sex couples, the right to marry, adoption rights, and the protection of gay-straight alliances in schools did not result from a single act nor from the work of a single organization but rather from the concerted efforts of many people, in many places, over many years. This volume examines the relationships between LGBTQ activists and local, provincial, and federal governments. The contributors explore how various governments have tried to regulate and repress LGBTQ movements, and how, in turn, queer activists have successfully shaped public policy, across the political spectrum, from city halls to the House of Commons.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The National Level

LGBTQ Activism: The Pan-Canadian Political Space

LGBTQ Issues as Indigenous Politics: Two-Spirit Mobilization in Canada

The Regional Level

Queer Advocacy in Ontario

Quebec and Sexual Diversity: From Repression to Citizenship?

Mobilization on the Periphery: LGBT Activism and Success in Atlantic Canada

LGBTQ Movements in Western Canada: British Columbia

“Severely Queer” in Western Canada: LGBT2Q Activism in Alberta

The Municipal Level

From Contestation to Incorporation: LGBT Activism and Urban Politics in Montreal

Gay and Lesbian Political Mobilization in Urban Spaces: Toronto

Building Queer Infrastructure: Trajectories of Activism and Organizational Development in Decolonizing Vancouver

“Punch[ing] More Than Its Weight”: LGBT Organizing in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Conclusion

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 11, 2015).

ISBN:

0-7748-2909-5

OCLC:

911204968