Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in The Commonwealth

• Otros Autores: Lennox, Corinne (Editor), Waites, Matthew (Editor)
• Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
• Lenguaje: inglés
• Publicado: London University of London Press 2013
• Materias: Social classes
• Acceso en línea: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Sumario

Human rights in relation to sexual orientation and gender identity are at last reaching the heart of global debates. Yet 78 states worldwide continue to criminalise same-sex sexual behaviour, and due to the legal legacies of the British Empire, 42 of these - more than half - are in the Commonwealth of Nations. In recent years many states have seen the emergence of new sexual nationalisms, leading to increased enforcement of colonial sodomy laws against men, new criminalisations of sex between women and discrimination against transgender people. 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. The book includes: The first quantitative analysis of legal change related to sexual orientation and gender identity across all the Commonwealth.

Descripción Física

1 electronic resource (572 p.)

ISBN

518.9781912250134
9781912250134
9780957354883

Acceso

Open Access