| Description |
1 online resource (xxix, 474 pages) |
| Contents |
"Full life," human rights, and sexuality -- Chart(er)ed rights -- "Demonstrably justifying" discrimination -- Human rights, charter rights, and "legal personality" -- Are we "persons" yet? -- Counting queers -- The high costs of being queer -- The high costs of heterosexuality and the "queer penalty" -- The "benefit" conundrum and the politics of exclusion -- The costs of "incrementalism" -- The future of queer personhood |
| Summary |
In 1929 women were declared 'persons' under the British North America Act. Seventy years later a similar move is afoot to establish constitutional personhood for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, and transgendered people |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Canada. Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
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| SUBJECT |
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Canada) fast |
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Cross-dressers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada
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Transsexuals -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada
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Bisexual people -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada
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Gay people -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada
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LAW -- Constitutional.
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LAW -- Public.
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LAW -- Gender & the Law.
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Bisexuals -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Cross-dressers -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Gays -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Transsexuals -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Canada
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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e-books.
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Livres numériques.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781442670952 |
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1442670959 |
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