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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451102603321

Autore

Lahey Kathleen A

Titolo

Same-sex marriage [[electronic resource] ] : the personal and the political / / Kathleen A. Lahey and Kevin Alderson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, : Insomniac Press, c2004

ISBN

1-280-91106-9

9786610911066

1-4593-0959-6

1-897414-98-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (382 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AldersonKevin

Disciplina

306.84/8

Soggetti

Same-sex marriage

Gay couples

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-106) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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