Never Going Back : : A History of Queer Activism in Canada / / Tom Warner.

Never Going Back: A History of Queer Activism in Canada is the first comprehensive history of its kind. Drawing on over one hundred interviews with leading gay and lesbian activists across the country and a rich array of archival material, Tom Warner chronicles and analyzes the multiple - and often...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020]
©2002
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (480 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • INTRODUCTION. Coming to Terms
  • 1. The Roots of Oppression
  • 2. Decriminalization and Early Gay and Lesbian Organizing
  • 3. Lesbian and Gay Liberation
  • 4. Police Repression and Judicial Homophobia
  • 5. Raging Debates, Elusive Consensus
  • 6. Backlash and Social Conservative Insurgency
  • 7. Fighting against the Odds, Facing New Crises
  • 8. Liberating Communities, Changing Consciousness
  • 9. Victory in the Human Rights Campaigns
  • 10. Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Relationships
  • 11. AIDS Radicalization, Queer Nation, and Identity Politics
  • 12. Queer Community Standards and Queer Spaces
  • 13. Identity, Community, and Visibility at the End of the Millennium
  • Conclusion: Lesbian and Gay Liberation in the Twenty-First Century
  • Notes
  • Illustration Credits
  • Index