Are we 'persons' yet? : law and sexuality in Canada

Are we 'persons' yet? : law and sexuality in Canada / Kathleen A. Lahey.

In 1929 women were declared 'persons' under the British North America Act. Seventy years later a similar move is afoot to establish constitutional personhood for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, and transgendered people.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lahey, Kathleen Ann
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ©1999.
Subjects:
Canada. > Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Canada)
Cross-dressers > Legal status, laws, etc. > Canada.
Transsexuals > Legal status, laws, etc. > Canada.
Bisexual people > Legal status, laws, etc. > Canada.
Gay people > Legal status, laws, etc. > Canada.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
LAW > Gender & the Law.
Bisexuals > Legal status, laws, etc.
Cross-dressers > Legal status, laws, etc.
Gays > Legal status, laws, etc.
Transsexuals > Legal status, laws, etc.
Canada
Electronic books.
e-books.
Livres numériques.
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Table of Contents:
  • "Full life," human rights, and sexuality
  • Chart(er)ed rights
  • "Demonstrably justifying" discrimination
  • Human rights, charter rights, and "legal personality"
  • Are we "persons" yet?
  • Counting queers
  • The high costs of being queer
  • The high costs of heterosexuality and the "queer penalty"
  • The "benefit" conundrum and the politics of exclusion
  • The costs of "incrementalism"
  • The future of queer personhood.

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