Because We Are Human : Contesting US Support for Gender and Sexuality Human Rights Abroad / Cynthia Burack.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burack, Cynthia, 1958- author.

Series:

SUNY series in queer politics and cultures.

SUNY series in queer politics and cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay rights.

United States--Foreign relations.

United States.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, Albany, [2018]

Summary:

Finalist for the 2018 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the LGBT categoryAround the world, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people continue to be threatened, attacked, arrested, tortured, and sometimes executed just for being sexual or gender minorities. Since the final months of the Clinton administration, agencies and officials of the US government have been engaging in programs and projects whose stated purposes are to serve goals of justice and equity for LGBTQ people outside the United States. Because We Are Human gives readers an inside look at US sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) human rights assistance programs. Cynthia Burack explores settings where indigenous and transnational human rights advocates meet to fund and strategize SOGI human rights movements. This book also examines key arguments against these programs, policies, and interventions that originate on both the conservative right and the progressive academic left. Burack ultimately recommends support for a US commitment to SOGI human rights and programs that serve the needs of LGBTQ people.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Putting the SOGI in Human Rights

The US Government and SOGI Human Rights Abroad

SOGI Rights Are Human Rights, and Human Rights Are SOGI Rights

The US Government and SOGI Human Rights

No Human Right to Sodomy

Dispensing Human Rights?

Afterword

Appendix A

Appendix B

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781438470153

1438470150

OCLC:

1035947703