03804nam 2200661 450 991045654540332120200520144314.01-282-02880-41-4426-7663-9978661202880910.3138/9781442676633(CKB)2430000000001319(OCoLC)666914975(CaPaEBR)ebrary10219314(SSID)ssj0000376899(PQKBManifestationID)11923861(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000376899(PQKBWorkID)10337424(PQKB)10966753(CaBNvSL)thg00600565 (MiAaPQ)EBC3255406(MiAaPQ)EBC4671669(DE-B1597)464605(OCoLC)944177948(DE-B1597)9781442676633(Au-PeEL)EBL4671669(CaPaEBR)ebr11257373(EXLCZ)99243000000000131920160922h19991999 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrLesbian and gay rights in Canada social movements and equality-seeking : 1971-1995 /Miriam SmithToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,1999.©19991 online resource (226 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8020-8197-5 0-8020-4391-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Subject(s) Speak(s) -- 3. Before the Charter -- 4. Charter Effects I -- 5. Charter Effects II -- 6. Conclusions -- APPENDICES -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX To the expanding literature on lesbian and gay rights in Canada, Miriam Smith contributes this fascinating analysis of trends in the movement toward equality for sexual minorities in the last quarter of a century. Using archival material that has largely been ignored, as well as interviews with Canadian activists, Smith investigates the ways in which the lesbian and gay movement has changed in response to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.Smith demonstrates that equality-seeking was well entrenched as a strategy and ideology in lesbian and gay rights networks prior to the existence of the Charter. However, in the wake of the Charter, the movement has shifted from a strategy primarily based on building a social movement to one is based on achieving concrete legal and policy victories. Rather than focusing on win/loss ratios before the courts under the Charter or on the analysis of legal cases, the work centres on the impact of the Charter from the perspective of the experience of those within the movement itself.Unlike the existing literature on the lesbian and gay rights movement in Canada, Smith's study presents an analysis of the evolution of federal-level social organizing based on primary sources. Into the discussion Smith also introduces Quebec politics as a unique cultural entity and one that is often overlooked in the context of lesbian and gay activism in Canada. Lesbian and Gay Rights in Canada is an excellent analysis of an important and rising social movement in Canadian politics.Gay liberation movementCanadaGay rightsCanadaElectronic books.Gay liberation movementGay rights305.9/0664/0971Smith Miriam Catherine1047654MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456545403321Lesbian and gay rights in Canada2475364UNINA