Some countries have extended full equal rights to sexual minorities (gay, lesbian,
bisexual, and transgender individuals and groups), while at the same
time, others have not progressed or even regressed. Why? This study employs
a case-study approach, emphasizing the processes of rights acquisition
and the outcomes of those processes, to determine what characteristics are
necessary for successful sexual minority rights acquisition movements in
diverse settings. The traits examined are levels of development, cultural/attitudinal
orientations, governmental/institutional opportunity structures,...