The Marrying kind?: debating same-sex marriage within the lesbian and gay movement

2013 ◽  
Vol 51 (03) ◽  
pp. 51-1561-51-1561
Keyword(s):  
Same Sex ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
Lesbian And Gay ◽  
Gay Movement

Marriage, the Final Frontier? Same-Sex Marriage and the Future of the Lesbian and Gay Movement

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Bernstein ◽  
Brenna Harvey ◽  
Nancy A. Naples
Keyword(s):  
Same Sex ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
Lesbian And Gay ◽  
The Future ◽  
Gay Movement

scholarly journals A Gay Federation: The Effects of Federalism on the Lesbian and Gay Movement in Canada

Federalism-E ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-66
Author(s):  
Morag Keegan-Henry
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Common Law ◽  
Sex Partners ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Specific System ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
Lesbian And Gay ◽  
Bisexual And Transgender ◽  
Gays And Lesbians ◽  
Gay Movement

Alan Cairns argues that “federalism is not enough” to deal with non-territorial minorities.1 This certainly seems to have been the case with the Canadian LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender)2 movement. In some ways, federalism (the specific system of sovereignty-sharing wherein both levels of government are co-equal and each is sovereign in areas under its jurisdiction) has directly inhibited attempts to stop discrimination, provide benefits to common-law same-sex partners, and legalize same-sex marriage. First, prior to the introduction of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982, human rights cases were usually decided on the basis of jurisdiction, thus severely limiting the ability of activists to challenge discriminatory laws. Second, activists who wish to limit the allocation of rights to gays and lesbians have used arguments regarding provincial rights to frame the debate as a question of constitutionality rather than of strictly human rights [...]

scholarly journals Something old, something new: Historicizing same-sex marriage within ongoing struggles over African marriage in South Africa

Sexualities ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (7) ◽  
pp. 1092-1108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael W Yarbrough
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Romantic Love ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
South Africans ◽  
Lesbian And Gay ◽  
Depth Interviews

This article examines contemporary struggles over same-sex marriage in the daily lives of black lesbian- and gay-identified South Africans. Based primarily on 21 in-depth interviews with such South Africans drawn from a larger project on post-apartheid South African marriage, the author argues that their current struggles for relationship recognition share much in common with contemporaneous struggles of their heterosexual counterparts, and that these commonalities reflect ongoing tensions between more extended-family and more dyadic understandings of African marriage. The increasing influence of dyadic understandings of marriage, and of associated ideals of romantic love, has helped inspire same-sex marriage claims and, in many cases, facilitate their acceptance. At the same time, continuing contestation over such understandings helps drive instances of opposition.

scholarly journals Not in the Hardware Aisle, Please

Ethnologies ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-211
Author(s):  
Wendy Gay Pearson
Keyword(s):  
Gay Rights ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
Gay Couples ◽  
Lesbian And Gay ◽  
Controversial Topic ◽  
Lesbian And Gay Rights

My Fabulous Gay Wedding was intended from its conception to be “a hot topic, a controversial topic, a topic filled with lots of opportunity for emotional moments.” This article traces a number of contemporary discourses around same-sex marriage that are illuminated, albeit not clarified, by responses to the show, including a boycott of Canadian Tire, a purported sponsor, by a number of right-wing, anti-gay groups. However, the questions the show raises exceed the media’s simplistic binary of “lesbian and gay rights” v. “religious rights” and involve interrogating what, exactly, is being represented on screen, and whether or not same-sex weddings interpellate lesbian and gay couples into a form of heteronormativity.

Equal Rights vs. Special Rights: Rights Discourses, Framing, and Lesbian and Gay Antidiscrimination Policy in Washington State

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (03) ◽  
pp. 830-854 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin M. Adam ◽  
Betsy L. Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Washington State ◽  
Survey Experiment ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
Lesbian And Gay ◽  
Antidiscrimination Law ◽  
Antidiscrimination Policy ◽  
Rights Discourse ◽  
Special Rights

This study argues that rights discourse influences heterosexual public opinion in Washington State. We tested this through a survey experiment conducted in the 2011 Washington Poll. We broke interviewees into three groups, with each group exposed to a different frame: a pro–lesbian and gay equal rights frame, an anti–lesbian and gay special rights frame, and a control or no frame. Immediately following the treatment, we asked interviewees if they agreed with a pro–lesbian and gay policy: changing state antidiscrimination law to encompass those who identify as lesbian and gay. Overall, this study concludes that a special rights frame dampens support among some while an equal rights frame has no effect. Respondents who indicated that they were against same-sex marriage even more strongly opposed altering antidiscrimination policy to include sexual orientation when confronted with an equal rights frame than when confronted with the special rights frame or no frame at all.

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