Transnational LGBT activism : working for sexual rights worldwide / Ryan R. Thoreson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thoreson, Ryan Richard, 1984- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights advocacy--Cross-cultural studies.

Human rights advocacy.

Gay rights--Cross-cultural studies.

Gay rights.

International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 281 pages)

Other Title:

Transnational lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender activism

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minnesota : University of Minnesota Press, 2014.

Summary:

The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) was founded in 1990 as the first NGO devoted to advancing LGBT human rights worldwide. How, this book asks, is that mission translated into practice? What do transnational LGBT human rights advocates do on a day-to-day basis and for whom? Understanding LGBT human rights claims is impossible, Ryan R. Thoreson contends, without knowing the answers to these questions. In Transnational LGBT Activism, Thoreson argues that the idea of LGBT human rights is not predetermined but instead is defined by international activists who establi

Contents:

From the Castro to the UN : IGLHRC in historical perspective

Bodies of law : activists and brokerage in practice

Fusing human rights and sexual politics : advocating for LGBT human rights worldwide

LGBT human rights advocacy and the partnership principle

Knowledge as power : the structural and strategic complexities of information politics

Demanding rights, compelling recognition : LGBT advocacy in the global human rights arena

Conclusion : for everyone, everywhere : universality, relativism, and the anthropology of human rights.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-260) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1452949603

0816692718

1452943257

9781452943244

9780816692743

0816692742

OCLC:

898279628