The Politics of LGBTQ Rights Expansion in Latin America and the Caribbean

ISBN-13: 9781108995207 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 75 str.

Javier Corrales

Opis

Analyzes the role of religion, politics and social movements in relation to LGBTQ rights in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Recenzje

'… this book does a great job of summarizing the broad trends and direction of travel for LGBTQ rights in the region for researchers and students interested in gender and sexuality in Latin America.' Nina van der Mark, International Affairs

Spis treści

1. What the LGBTQ Movement Is Up Against; 2. Conservative Dictatorships, Macho Marxists, and Uninterested Secularists: The 1960s and 1970s; 3. Democracy, Economic Crisis, and AIDS: mid-1980s to early 2000s; 4. The Rights Explosion of the 2000s; 5. The Rise of the Trans Movement; 6. Explanations; 7. LGBTQ Rights v. Abortion Rights; 8. The Current Backlash, Late 2010s to the Present; 9. Conclusion.