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Author Burack, Cynthia, 1958- author.

Title Because we are human : contesting US support for gender and sexuality human rights abroad / Cynthia Burack.

Publication Info. Albany : State University of New York Press, [2018]
©2018

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Description 1 online resource (x, 283 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series SUNY series in queer politics and cultures
SUNY series in queer politics and cultures.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction Putting the SOGI in Human Rights; From Human Rights to SOGI Human Rights; Human Rights: What Are They Good For?; International LGBT Organizations; The Mainstreaming of LGBT Human Rights; The Yogyakarta Principles; The UN and Member States Support SOGI Human Rights; A Map of the Book; Chapter 1 The US Government and SOGI Human Rights Abroad: The Early Years; The Clinton Administration; The Early Years: SOGI Before 2009; The Nazi Persecutee Relief Fund; The "Gay Billboards Scandal"; The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
The Obama Years: 2009-2011PEPFAR Redux; Country Reports on Human Rights Practices; UN Universal Periodic Review; Lifeline: Embattled Civil Society Organizations Assistance Fund; Coming Out on SOGI Human Rights; Chapter 2 SOGI Rights Are Human Rights, and Human Rights Are SOGI Rights; What Happens in Geneva Doesn't Stay in Geneva; Unpacking the Speech; Part One: Just Human Rights; Part Two: SOGI/LGBTQ Human Rights; Part Three: What Is to Be Done; Part Four: To LGBTQ People Worldwide; Reviews, Responses, and Rejoinders; Liberal Responses; Conservative Responses; Progressive/Critical Responses.
Political Values and Political ReasonChapter 3 The US Government and SOGI Human Rights: After Geneva; The Global Equality Fund; Diplomatic Initiatives/Embassy Engagement; A Tale of Two Embassies; Country No Promo Homo; Uganda; International SOGI Human Rights Conferences; US-Indigenous SOGI Advocacy: A Case Study; The 2013 ASOGIHRO Conference; The 2015 ASOGIHRO Conference; USAID and LGBTI Human Rights; Special Envoy for LGBTI Human Rights; SOGI Human Rights Skepticism; Chapter 4 No Human Right to Sodomy: Christian Conservative Opposition to SOGI Human Rights.
The "External" Critique of SOGI Human RightsUS Anti-LGBT Civil Rights Politics; The Christian Right's Human Rights; SOGI versus Religion in Human Rights; The Travels of Cultural Imperialism; Christian Conservatism as Cultural Relativism; Chapter 5 Dispensing Human Rights? Critical Humanists and SOGI Human Rights; The "Internal" Critique of SOGI Human Rights; The Problem of the State; When Critique Goes Bad; What about Homonationalism?; On Critique Running Out of Steam; Knowing What We Know; Human Rights and the Unthinkable; On Blaming America First.
Afterword Reflections on SOGI Human Rights and DemocracyOpposing SOGI from the Right and Left; SOGI Human Rights and Problems for Democracy; On Evading Human Rights Transparency; On Imposing Western Gender or Sexual Identities; On US Human Rights Assistance Undermining Democracy; On Strengthening Authoritarianism and Facilitating Violence; Final Reflections; Appendix A Barack Obama, Presidential Memorandum; Appendix B Hillary Clinton, Remarks in Recognition of International Human Rights Day; Notes; Index.
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Subject Gay rights.
Gay rights.
United States -- Foreign relations.
United States.
International relations.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Gay rights.
ISBN 9781438470153 (electronic book)
1438470150 (electronic book)
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