Queer Mobilizations Social Movement Activism And Canadian Public Policy Manon Tremblay by Manon Tremblay 9780774829076, 9780774829106, 0774829079, 0774829109, 9780774829099 instant download after payment.

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 tireless work of LGBTQ activists.

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 this volume argues, 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 the work of a single
organization but rather from the concerted efforts of many people, in
many places, over many years. Consequently, it took twenty five years
for all of Canada’s human rights laws to prohibit discrimination on the
basis of sexual orientation.

Queer Mobilizations examines
the relationships between LGBTQ activists and local, provincial, and
federal Canadian governments. Contributors explore how various
governments have tried to regulate and repress LGBTQ movements, and how,
in turn, LGBTQ activists have successfully shaped public policy across
the political spectrum, from city halls to the House of Commons.

- UBC Press