About Canada: Queer Rights - Softcover

Knegt, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1552664376 ISBN 13: 9781552664377

Publisher: Fernwood Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1552664376
• ISBN 13: 9781552664377
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 143