| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 562 pages) |
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data file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity in the Commonwealth : from history and law to developing activism and transnational dialogues / Corinne Lennox and Matthew Waites -- Sodomy offence : England's least lovely criminal law export? / The Hon. Michael Kirby -- This alien legacy: the origins of 'sodomy' laws in British colonialism / Human Rights Watch -- LGBT rights in Commonwealth forums: politics, pitfalls and progress? / Frederick Cowell -- United Kingdom: confronting criminal histories and theorising decriminalisation as citizenship and governmentality / Matthew Waites -- Wolfenden in Canada : within and beyond official discourse in law reform struggles / Gary Kinsman -- Australia : nine jurisdictions, one long struggle / Graham Willett -- A few respectable steps behind the world? Gay and lesbian rights in contemporary Singapore / Simon Obendorf -- Malaysian dilemma : negotiating sexual diversity in a Muslim-majority Commonwealth state / Shanon Shah -- Decriminalisation of consensual same-sex sexual acts in the South Asian Commonwealth : struggles in contexts / Sumit Baudh -- Decriminalising homosexuality in Africa : lessons from the South African experience / Gustavo Gomes da Costa Santos -- Development of sexual rights and the LGBT movement in Botswana / Monica Tabengwa with Nancy Nicol -- LGBT situation in Malawi : an activist perspective / Undule Mwakasungula -- Incremental approach : Uganda's struggle for the decriminalisation of homosexuality / Adrian Jjuuko -- Religious institutions and actors and religious attitudes to homosexual rights : South Africa and Uganda / Kevin Ward -- 'Buggery' and the Commonwealth Caribbean : a comparative examination of the Bahamas, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago / Joseph Gaskins Jr. -- Beyond cross-cultural sensitivities : international human rights advocacy and sexuality in Jamaica / Conway Blake and Philip Dayle -- Use of equality and anti-discrimination law in advancing LGBT rights / Dimitrina Petrova -- Conclusion. Comparative analysis of decriminalisation and change across the Commonwealth : understanding contexts and discerning strategies / Corinne Lennox and Matthew Waites. |
| Summary |
Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in The Commonwealth: Struggles for Decriminalisation and Change challenges these developments as the first book to focus on experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) and all non-heterosexual people in the Commonwealth. The volume offers the most internationally extensive analysis to date of the global struggle for decriminalisation of same-sex sexual behaviour and relationships. |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Subject |
Human rights -- Commonwealth countries.
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Human rights. |
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Commonwealth countries. |
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Same-sex marriage -- Commonwealth countries.
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Same-sex marriage. |
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Gay people -- Commonwealth countries.
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Gays. |
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Gay people -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Commonwealth countries.
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Gays -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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Lesbians -- Commonwealth countries.
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Lesbians. |
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Lesbians -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Commonwealth countries.
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Lesbians -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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Transgender people -- Commonwealth countries.
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Transgender people. |
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Transgender people -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Commonwealth countries.
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Transgender people -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Human rights. |
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Same-sex marriage. |
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Homosexuals. |
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Lesbians. |
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Transgender people. |
| Added Author |
Lennox, Corinne.
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Waites, Matthew.
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University of London. Institute of Commonwealth Studies. School of Advanced Study. Human Rights Consortium.
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| ISBN |
9781912250134 (electronic book) |
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1912250136 (electronic book) |
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9780957354883 |
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0957354886 |
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