State Violence and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (lgbt) Rights
In: New political science: official journal of the New Political Science Caucus with APSA, Band 22, Heft 1, S. 61-75
ISSN: 1469-9931
In: New political science: official journal of the New Political Science Caucus with APSA, Band 22, Heft 1, S. 61-75
ISSN: 1469-9931
In: New political science: a journal of politics & culture, Band 22, Heft 1, S. 61-76
ISSN: 0739-3148
In: Michigan Journal of International Law, vol. 22 (2001)
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In: George Mason University Civil Rights Law Journal, Band 9, Heft 1, S. 1999
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In: Georgia State University Law Review, Band 15, Heft 2, S. 381
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In: Health and human rights, Band 6, Heft 1, S. 161-176
ISSN: 1079-0969
Discusses global human rights abuses against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, state and societal sanction of abuses, and recommendations for health professionals to advocate for and support LGBT people.
White t-shirt. Text: [Front] "After 20 years… WE WON! Friday May 16, 1997 Governor Angus S. King Jr. signs the Maine Human Rights Act" [Back] "Thanks, Governor King, Senator Abromson, the Maine Legislature & Maine Citizens for passing Human Rights for ALL Mainers! Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness for Everyone!" ; https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/lgbt_tshirts/1106/thumbnail.jpg
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White t-shirt. Text: [Front] "After 20 years… WE WON! Friday May 16, 1997 Governor Angus S. King Jr. signs the Maine Human Rights Act" [Back] "Thanks, Governor King, Senator Abromson, the Maine Legislature & Maine Citizens for passing Human Rights for ALL Mainers! Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness for Everyone!" ; https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/lgbt_tshirts/1020/thumbnail.jpg
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In: 32 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 225 (1997)
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In: Albany Law Review, Band 66, Heft 3
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In: Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review (CR-CL), Band 38, S. 511
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In: Critical social policy: a journal of theory and practice in social welfare, Band 23, Heft 3, S. 345-374
ISSN: 1461-703X
Joined-up government, modernizing government, community safety and multi-agency partnerships are explored here in an attempt to understand the contemporary `policing' of hate crime; in this instance, crimes and incidents motivated by homophobia (and transphobia). In the first half of the article, the focus is on the social and political context of the emergence of `participatory' modes of government and multi-agency `community safety' policing in response to the 1998 Crime and Disorder Act and the 1999 Local Government Act. In the second half of the article, the focus will be on the multi-agency response to homo-phobic and transphobic incidents and the policing of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (lgbt) community in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. In this case study, the main assumptions behind the attempt to create lgbt `active citizens' and `active communities' (active in their own policing) in Southampton, in particular, will be critically evaluated. The main points that will be raised here are: 1) the multi-agency response to homophobic incidents in Southampton prioritizes, first, improving efficiency and raising awareness in the agencies and services that are in contact with the lgbt community, and, second, opening lines of communication and building trust between police and the organizations and agencies `representing' the lgbt community; and 2)empowerment programmes such as these should not be taken at face value, but must be critically examined in relation to some of the following questions: who is and who is not being invited to be the active `lgbt' citizen here? And does the lgbt community's right to fair, sympathetic and equitable policing bring with it hidden and costly responsibilities?
BACKGROUND: In 1990, the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT-UP) sparked a year long boycott of Philip Morris's Marlboro cigarettes and Miller beer. The boycott protested the company's support of Senator Jesse Helms (R-North Carolina), a leading opponent of AIDS funding and civil rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. ACT-UP demanded that Philip Morris sever its ties with Helms and acknowledge its responsibility to the LGBT community and to people with AIDS. OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of the boycott on the LGBT community, the tobacco industry, and the tobacco control movement; and to determine what lessons tobacco control advocates can extract from this case. DATA SOURCES: Internal tobacco industry documents and newspaper archives. METHODS: Search of tobacco industry documents websites using "boycott", "ACT-UP", "gay", and other terms. RESULTS: Philip Morris used the boycott to its own advantage. It exploited differences within the community and settled the boycott by pledging large donations to combat AIDS. Through corporate philanthropy, Philip Morris gained entrée to the LGBT market without appearing gay friendly. Many LGBT organisations, thirsty for recognition and funding from mainstream corporations, welcomed Philip Morris's overtures without considering the health hazards of tobacco. CONCLUSIONS: Unless the goal of a boycott is to convince the tobacco industry to abandon tobacco altogether, such actions invite the industry to expand its marketing under the guise of philanthropy. Tobacco control advocates should be clear about goals and acceptable settlement terms before participating in a boycott of a tobacco company.
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In: American political science review, Band 96, Heft 3, S. 622-623
ISSN: 1537-5943
Mary Lyndon Shanley's Making Babies, Making Families bravely wades into the difficult ethical questions of accommodating new reproductive technologies and diverse family arrangements within the framework of existing and possible liberal legal principles. The book grapples with definitions of parenthood and parental rights in the contexts of adoption, unwed fatherhood, gamete transfer, surrogate motherhood, and multiple parenting within the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. Shanley mines these situations in order to derive some workable ethical and legal guidelines for the state's exercise of its regulatory capacities with respect to families. In doing so, she reveals the tensions and possibilities inherent in the state's role in defining families at a moment when many perceive traditional family structures as collapsing, for better or for worse.