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Autore |
Lahey Kathleen A |
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Titolo |
Same-sex marriage [[electronic resource] ] : the personal and the political / / Kathleen A. Lahey and Kevin Alderson |
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Toronto, : Insomniac Press, c2004 |
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1-280-91106-9 |
9786610911066 |
1-4593-0959-6 |
1-897414-98-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (382 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Same-sex marriage |
Gay couples |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-106) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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History, Loving, Stonewall, and the queer civil rights movement -- Blocking queer marriage : Canada, the U.S., and Europe -- European breakthrough : the Netherlands and Belgium -- Changing social realities : from Hawaii to Massachusetts and beyond -- Marriage in Canada : Ontario, British Columbia, and Quebec -- Interviews. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In the past three years, Canada has witnessed landmark court rulings in Ontario, B.C. and Quebec making it legal for gay men and lesbian women to marry. Legislation in the Netherlands and Belgium have also extended marriage to same-sex couples. Legal challenges before the U.S. courts in Hawaii, Vermont, Massachusetts, Oregon and California have had the same goal in mind. The same-sex marriage phenomenon is characterized on the one hand by intense personal joys and on the other by long-standing activism and historic legal reasoning. Same-Sex Marriage tells both stories: the experiences of coupl |
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