The Battle over Marriage: Gay Rights Activism through the Media; The Marrying Kind? Debating Same-Sex Marriage within the Lesbian and Gay Movement

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 144
Author(s):  
Kelsey Kearl
Keyword(s):  
Gay Rights ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
Lesbian And Gay ◽  
The Media ◽  
Gay Movement

Marriage, the Final Frontier? Same-Sex Marriage and the Future of the Lesbian and Gay Movement

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Bernstein ◽  
Brenna Harvey ◽  
Nancy A. Naples
Keyword(s):  
Same Sex ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
Lesbian And Gay ◽  
The Future ◽  
Gay Movement

scholarly journals A Gay Federation: The Effects of Federalism on the Lesbian and Gay Movement in Canada

Federalism-E ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-66
Author(s):  
Morag Keegan-Henry
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Common Law ◽  
Sex Partners ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Specific System ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
Lesbian And Gay ◽  
Bisexual And Transgender ◽  
Gays And Lesbians ◽  
Gay Movement

Alan Cairns argues that “federalism is not enough” to deal with non-territorial minorities.1 This certainly seems to have been the case with the Canadian LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender)2 movement. In some ways, federalism (the specific system of sovereignty-sharing wherein both levels of government are co-equal and each is sovereign in areas under its jurisdiction) has directly inhibited attempts to stop discrimination, provide benefits to common-law same-sex partners, and legalize same-sex marriage. First, prior to the introduction of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982, human rights cases were usually decided on the basis of jurisdiction, thus severely limiting the ability of activists to challenge discriminatory laws. Second, activists who wish to limit the allocation of rights to gays and lesbians have used arguments regarding provincial rights to frame the debate as a question of constitutionality rather than of strictly human rights [...]

scholarly journals Not in the Hardware Aisle, Please

Ethnologies ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-211
Author(s):  
Wendy Gay Pearson
Keyword(s):  
Gay Rights ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
Gay Couples ◽  
Lesbian And Gay ◽  
Controversial Topic ◽  
Lesbian And Gay Rights

My Fabulous Gay Wedding was intended from its conception to be “a hot topic, a controversial topic, a topic filled with lots of opportunity for emotional moments.” This article traces a number of contemporary discourses around same-sex marriage that are illuminated, albeit not clarified, by responses to the show, including a boycott of Canadian Tire, a purported sponsor, by a number of right-wing, anti-gay groups. However, the questions the show raises exceed the media’s simplistic binary of “lesbian and gay rights” v. “religious rights” and involve interrogating what, exactly, is being represented on screen, and whether or not same-sex weddings interpellate lesbian and gay couples into a form of heteronormativity.

Sociocultural Changes and the Construction of Identity in Lesbian and Gay Elderly People in Argentina

2019 ◽  
Vol 88 (4) ◽  
pp. 341-357
Author(s):  
Ricardo Iacub ◽  
Claudia J. Arias ◽  
Mariana Mansinho ◽  
Martín Winzeler ◽  
Rocio Vazquez Jofre
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Coming Out ◽  
The Political ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
Lesbian And Gay ◽  
Construction Of Identity ◽  
Bisexual And Transgender ◽  
The Media ◽  
And Gender

In the last two decades, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender + elderly people in Argentina have experienced considerable transformations with respect to social policies and laws as well as in the media and public opinion. This article aims to analyze the levels of acceptance and expression of identity (“coming out”) in lesbian and gay seniors based on the political and legal changes that have occurred in Argentina but also in their relationship with others. Focus groups were conducted with 10 older gay and 10 older lesbians. The results indicate that sociocultural changes are seen as something positive although doubts arise about the in-depth and authenticity of the changes. The same-sex marriage and gender identity laws are considered as a symbol of an era of greater tolerance and diversity in which they have achieved the exercise of their rights as citizens.

scholarly journals Moving a Mountain: The Extraordinary Trajectory of Same-Sex Marriage Approval in the United States

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 237802311772765 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Rosenfeld
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Gay Rights ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
The United States ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
Small Set ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Election Studies

Most public opinion attitudes in the United States are reasonably stable over time. Using data from the General Social Survey and the American National Election Studies, I quantify typical change rates across all attitudes. I quantify the extent to which change in same-sex marriage approval (and liberalization in attitudes toward gay rights in general) are among a small set of rapid changing outliers in surveyed public opinions. No measured public opinion attitude in the United States has changed more and more quickly than same-sex marriage. I use survey data from Newsweek to illustrate the rapid increase in the 1980s and 1990s in Americans who had friends or family who they knew to be gay or lesbian and demonstrate how contact with out-of-the-closet gays and lesbians was influential. I discuss several potential historical and social movement theory explanations for the rapid liberalization of attitudes toward gay rights in the United States, including the surprising influence of Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign.

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