Envisioning global LGBT human rights : (neo)colonialism, neoliberalism, resistance and hope /: (neo)colonialism, neoliberalism, resistance and hope. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Nancy Nicol, Adrian Jjuuko, Richard Lusimbo, Nick J. Mulé, Susan Ursel, Amar Wahab and Phyllis Waugh.
• Editors: Nicol, Nancy
• Other Names: Envisioning Global LGBT Human Rights (Project)
• Contents: Foreword / Corinne Lennox and Matthew Waites -- Overview / Nancy Nicol -- Part 1. Between empathy and contempt : colonial legacies, neoliberalism and neo-colonialism -- Vacillating between empathy and contempt : the Indian judiciary and LGBT rights / Arvind Narrain -- Expanded criminalisation of consensual same-sex relations in Africa : contextualising recent developments / Adrian Jjuuko and Monica Tabengwa -- Policing borders and sexual/gender identities : queer refugees in the years of Canadian neoliberalism and homonationalism / Gary Kinsman -- Queer affirmations : negotiating the possibilities and limits of sexual citizenship in Saint Lucia / Amar Wahab -- Violence and LGBT human rights in Guyana / Pere DuRoy and Namela Baynes Henry -- Cultural discourse in Africa and the promise of human rights based on non-normative sexuality and/or gender expression : exploring the intersections, challenges and opportunities / Monica Mbaru, Monica Tabengwa and Kim Vance -- Haven or precarity? The mental health of LGBT asylum seekers and refugees in Canada / Nick J. Mulé and Cameron McKenzie -- Part 2. Resilience, resistance and hope : organising for social change -- The rise of SOGI : human rights for LGBT people at the United Nations / Kim Vance, Nick J. Mulé, Maryam Khan and Cameron McKenzie -- Resistance to criminalisation, and social movement organising to advance LGBT rights in Belize / Caleb Orozco -- The multifaceted struggle against the Anti-Homosexuality Act in Uganda / Adrian Jjuuko and Fridah Mutesi -- Emergent momentum for quality : LGBT visibility in and organising in Kenya / Jane Wothaya Thirikwa -- Kuchu resilience and resistance in Uganda : a history / Richard Lusimbo and Austin Bryan -- Gender theatre : the politics of exclusion and belonging in Kenya / Guilllit Amakobe, Kat Dearham and Po Likimani -- Telling our stories : envisioning participatory documentary / Nancy Nicol -- Appendix : envisioning global LGBT human rights participatory documentaries.
• Publisher Details: London : Human Rights Consortium, School of Advanced Study, University of London
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxx, 428 pages), illustrations (chiefly color)
• Subjects: 323.3/26; Gay rights -- Commonwealth countries; Gays -- Legal status, laws, etc -- Commonwealth countries; Sexual minorities -- Civil rights -- Commonwealth countries; Gay liberation movement -- Commonwealth countries; Gay activists -- Commonwealth countries; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Human Rights; Gay activists; Gay liberation movement; Gay rights; Gays -- Legal status, laws, etc; Commonwealth countries; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780993110283; 0993110282
• Related ISBNs: 0993110231; 9780993110238
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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