Description
Book SynopsisCanada 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.
Trade ReviewThis 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 *
Table of ContentsForeword / Elise Chenier
Introduction / Manon Tremblay
Part 1: The National Level
1 LGBTQ Activism: The Pan-Canadian Political Space / Miriam Smith
2 LGBTQ Issues as Indigenous Politics: Two-Spirit Mobilization in Canada / Julie Depelteau and Dalie Giroux
Part 2: The Regional Level
3 Queer Advocacy in Ontario / David Rayside
4 Quebec and Sexual Diversity: From Repression to Citizenship? / Manon Tremblay
5 Mobilization on the Periphery: LGBT Activism and Success in Atlantic Canada / Joanna Everitt
6 LGBT Movements in Western Canada: British Columbia / Brian Burtch, Aynsley Pescitelli, and Rebecca Haskell
7 “Severely Queer” in Western Canada: LGBT2Q Activism in Alberta / Alexa DeGagne
Part 3: The Municipal Level
8 From Contestation to Incorporation: LGBT Activism and Urban Politics in Montreal / Julie Podmore
9 Gay and Lesbian Political Mobilization in Urban Spaces: Toronto / Catherine J. Nash
10 Building Queer Infrastructure: Trajectories of Activism and Organizational Development in Decolonizing Vancouver / Gordon Brent Brochu-Ingram
11 “Punch[ing] More Than Its Weight”: LGBT organizing in Halifax, Nova Scotia / Nathaniel M. Lewis
Conclusion / Manon Tremblay
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