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Queer wars : the new global polarization over gay rights / Dennis Altman and Jonathan Symons.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA, USA : Polity Press, 2016.Description: viii, 178 pages ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780745698694 (pbk.)
  • 0745698697 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 323.3 ALT
Contents:
Introduction: Queer wars: how should we respond to global polarization over gay rights? -- Setting the agenda -- The emergence of a global movement -- Queer rights as human rights -- The conservative backlash -- International polarization -- What is to be done?

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The claim that �LGBT rights are human rights� encounters fierce opposition in many parts of the world, as governments and religious leaders have used resistance to �LGBT rights� to cast themselves as defenders of traditional values against neo-colonial interference and western decadence.

Queer Wars explores the growing international polarization over sexual rights, and the creative responses from social movements and activists, some of whom face murder, imprisonment or rape because of their perceived sexuality or gender expression.

This book asks why sexuality and gender identity have become so vexed an issue between and within nations, and how we can best advocate for change.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Queer wars: how should we respond to global polarization over gay rights? -- Setting the agenda -- The emergence of a global movement -- Queer rights as human rights -- The conservative backlash -- International polarization -- What is to be done?

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Dennis Altman is Professorial Fellow in Human Security at La Trobe University
Jonathan Symons is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Macquarie University

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