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Queer Mobilizations Social Movement Activism and Canadian Public Policy

Tremblay, Manon
Innbundet / 2015 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780774829076
Publisert
2015
Utgiver
Vendor
University of British Columbia Press
Vekt
620 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
336

Redaktør
Tremblay, Manon

Biographical note

Manon Tremblay is professor at the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa. Her research interests are LGBTQ politics and social activism, and gender and women in politics. Her most recent publications include Stalled: The Representation of Women in Canadian Governments (co-edited with Linda Trimble and Jane Arscott) and The Lesbian and Gay Movement and the State: Comparative Insights into a Transformed Relationship (co-edited with David Paternotte and Carol Johnson).

Queer Mobilizations Social Movement Activism and Canadian Public Policy

Tremblay, Manon
Innbundet / 2015 / Engelsk
Tremblay, Manon
Innbundet / 2015 / Engelsk
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This is a good book to turn to for an overall inventory of LGBTQ equality-seeking actions across the country over the years. It will likely prove to be an important resource for anyone interested in social change, social movements, and LGBTQ studies in Canada.

- Barry Adam, University of Windsor, Labour/Le Travail, Vol. 78

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.
Les mer
Canada is considered a leader when it comes to LGBTQ rights, but as Queer Mobilizations shows, this has less to do with progressive politicians than with the work of queer activists who have fought for policy changes from their local city halls to the chambers of Parliament.
Les mer
Foreword / Elise ChenierIntroduction / Manon TremblayPart 1: The National Level1 LGBTQ Activism: The Pan-Canadian Political Space / Miriam Smith2 LGBTQ Issues as Indigenous Politics: Two-Spirit Mobilization in Canada / Julie Depelteau and Dalie GirouxPart 2: The Regional Level3 Queer Advocacy in Ontario / David Rayside4 Quebec and Sexual Diversity: From Repression to Citizenship? / Manon Tremblay5 Mobilization on the Periphery: LGBT Activism and Success in Atlantic Canada / Joanna Everitt6 LGBT Movements in Western Canada: British Columbia / Brian Burtch, Aynsley Pescitelli, and Rebecca Haskell7 “Severely Queer” in Western Canada: LGBT2Q Activism in Alberta / Alexa DeGagnePart 3: The Municipal Level8 From Contestation to Incorporation: LGBT Activism and Urban Politics in Montreal / Julie Podmore9 Gay and Lesbian Political Mobilization in Urban Spaces: Toronto / Catherine J. Nash10 Building Queer Infrastructure: Trajectories of Activism and Organizational Development in Decolonizing Vancouver / Gordon Brent Brochu-Ingram11 “Punch[ing] More Than Its Weight”: LGBT organizing in Halifax, Nova Scotia / Nathaniel M. LewisConclusion / Manon TremblayIndex
Les mer
As the first major volume on queer interactions against, and within, public policy in the Canadian context, this is a unique and important contribution to the work of several fields – both inside and outside the university. It will be a useful resource for those in sexual diversity, political science, and social movement studies, and also for those involved in queer activism.
Les mer
How did the LGBTQ movement emerge from the bedrooms of the nation to affect policy changes in Canada’s governmental institutions?

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This is a good book to turn to for an overall inventory of LGBTQ equality-seeking actions across the country over the years. It will likely prove to be an important resource for anyone interested in social change, social movements, and LGBTQ studies in Canada.

- Barry Adam, University of Windsor, Labour/Le Travail, Vol. 78

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.
Les mer
Canada is considered a leader when it comes to LGBTQ rights, but as Queer Mobilizations shows, this has less to do with progressive politicians than with the work of queer activists who have fought for policy changes from their local city halls to the chambers of Parliament.
Les mer
Foreword / Elise ChenierIntroduction / Manon TremblayPart 1: The National Level1 LGBTQ Activism: The Pan-Canadian Political Space / Miriam Smith2 LGBTQ Issues as Indigenous Politics: Two-Spirit Mobilization in Canada / Julie Depelteau and Dalie GirouxPart 2: The Regional Level3 Queer Advocacy in Ontario / David Rayside4 Quebec and Sexual Diversity: From Repression to Citizenship? / Manon Tremblay5 Mobilization on the Periphery: LGBT Activism and Success in Atlantic Canada / Joanna Everitt6 LGBT Movements in Western Canada: British Columbia / Brian Burtch, Aynsley Pescitelli, and Rebecca Haskell7 “Severely Queer” in Western Canada: LGBT2Q Activism in Alberta / Alexa DeGagnePart 3: The Municipal Level8 From Contestation to Incorporation: LGBT Activism and Urban Politics in Montreal / Julie Podmore9 Gay and Lesbian Political Mobilization in Urban Spaces: Toronto / Catherine J. Nash10 Building Queer Infrastructure: Trajectories of Activism and Organizational Development in Decolonizing Vancouver / Gordon Brent Brochu-Ingram11 “Punch[ing] More Than Its Weight”: LGBT organizing in Halifax, Nova Scotia / Nathaniel M. LewisConclusion / Manon TremblayIndex
Les mer
As the first major volume on queer interactions against, and within, public policy in the Canadian context, this is a unique and important contribution to the work of several fields – both inside and outside the university. It will be a useful resource for those in sexual diversity, political science, and social movement studies, and also for those involved in queer activism.
Les mer
How did the LGBTQ movement emerge from the bedrooms of the nation to affect policy changes in Canada’s governmental institutions?

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780774829076
Publisert
2015
Utgiver
Vendor
University of British Columbia Press
Vekt
620 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
336

Redaktør
Tremblay, Manon

Biographical note

Manon Tremblay is professor at the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa. Her research interests are LGBTQ politics and social activism, and gender and women in politics. Her most recent publications include Stalled: The Representation of Women in Canadian Governments (co-edited with Linda Trimble and Jane Arscott) and The Lesbian and Gay Movement and the State: Comparative Insights into a Transformed Relationship (co-edited with David Paternotte and Carol Johnson).

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