Title Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity in the Commonwealth : struggles for decriminalisation and change / edited by Corinne Lennox and Matthew Waites

Published London : Human Rights Consortium, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 562 pages) Contents Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity in the Commonwealth : from history and law to developing activism and transnational dialogues / Corinne Lennox and Matthew Waites -- The sodomy offence : England's least lovely criminal law export? / The Hon. Michael Kirby -- This alien legacy: the origins of 'sodomy' laws in British colonialism / Human Rights Watch -- LGBT rights in Commonwealth forums: politics, pitfalls and progress? / Frederick Cowell -- United Kingdom: confronting criminal histories and theorising decriminalisation as citizenship and governmentality / Matthew Waites -- Wolfenden in Canada : within and beyond official discourse in law reform struggles / Gary Kinsman -- Australia : nine jurisdictions, one long struggle / Graham Willett -- A few respectable steps behind the world? Gay and lesbian rights in contemporary Singapore / Simon Obendorf -- The Malaysian dilemma : negotiating sexual diversity in a Muslim-majority Commonwealth state / Shanon Shah -- Decriminalisation of consensual same-sex sexual acts in the South Asian Commonwealth : struggles in contexts / Sumit Baudh -- Decriminalising homosexuality in Africa : lessons from the South African experience / Gustavo Gomes da Costa Santos -- The development of sexual rights and the LGBT movement in Botswana / Monica Tabengwa with Nancy Nicol -- The LGBT situation in Malawi : an activist perspective / Undule Mwakasungula -- The incremental approach : Uganda's struggle for the decriminalisation of homosexuality / Adrian Jjuuko -- Religious institutions and actors and religious attitudes to homosexual rights : South Africa and Uganda / Kevin Ward -- 'Buggery' and the Commonwealth Caribbean : a comparative examination of the Bahamas, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago / Joseph Gaskins Jr. -- Beyond cross-cultural sensitivities : international human rights advocacy and sexuality in Jamaica / Conway Blake and Philip Dayle -- The use of equality and anti-discrimination law in advancing LGBT rights / Dimitrina Petrova -- Conclusion. Comparative analysis of decriminalisation and change across the Commonwealth : understanding contexts and discerning strategies / Corinne Lennox and Matthew Waites Summary Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in The Commonwealth: Struggles for Decriminalisation and Change challenges these developments as the first book to focus on experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) and all non-heterosexual people in the Commonwealth. The volume offers the most internationally extensive analysis to date of the global struggle for decriminalisation of same-sex sexual behaviour and relationships Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Human rights -- Commonwealth countries Same-sex marriage -- Commonwealth countries Gay people -- Commonwealth countries Gay people -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Commonwealth countries Lesbians -- Commonwealth countries Lesbians -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Commonwealth countries Transgender people -- Commonwealth countries Transgender people -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Commonwealth countries POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Human Rights. Gay people Human rights Lesbians Lesbians -- Legal status, laws, etc. Same-sex marriage Transgender people Transgender people -- Legal status, laws, etc. Commonwealth countries Form Electronic book Author Lennox, Corinne Waites, Matthew University of London. Institute of Commonwealth Studies. School of Advanced Study. Human Rights Consortium ISBN 9781912250134 1912250136

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