About Canada: Queer Rights by Knegt, Peter

About Canada: Queer Rights (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781552664377)

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About Canada: Queer Rights by Knegt, Peter

About Canada: Queer Rights

$17.95
About Canada: Queer Rights by Knegt, Peter

About Canada: Queer Rights

$17.95
Format: Paperback
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Questioning whether or not Canada is a "queer utopia," this document reflects on the country's growth of acceptance of the LGQBT lifestyles, speculating if it was truly the goal that queer activists hoped to achieve. Using the origins of the 1970s gay and lesbian liberation movement as a starting point, the history of the struggle for queer rights in Canada is highlighted, creating a clearer understanding of the present day. Covered topics include regional organizing; legal reform; institutional homophobia; children, youth, and education; health; and difference and privilege. Contending that Canada's queer community is as diverse and multicultural as the country itself, this study also emphasizes that they are not easily generalized, arguing that they have not yet achieved equality.

Author: Peter Knegt
ISBN-10: 1552664376
ISBN-13: 9781552664377
Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2012
Pages: 143
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 6.85h x 4.96w x 0.32d
By Peter Knegt
By Peter Knegt
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Peter Knegt is the associate editor of "indieWIRE" and holds a position on the advisory board
of the University of Toronto's Center for Sexual Diversity Studies. He has contributed to "Exclaim
"magazine, "IN Toronto "magazine, "Playback," the "Undergraduate Journal of Sexual Diversity
Studies," "Variety," and "Xtra!" He lives in Montreal, Quebec.

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