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The legal position for Canada’s GLBT citizens is enviable by many international standards, but Peter Knegt is anything but smug in his treatment of his country’s civil-rights evolution. In Queer Rights-the seventh in the “About Canada” series-Knegt takes nothing for granted, pointing out that while full legal equality is something to celebrate, queer Canadians still face numerous social and economic challenges. This succinct, smart volume documents in detail the various legal and political battles that led to Canada becoming the the first land in the Western Hemisphere (and the fourth in the world) to legalize same-sex marriage. Knegt is aware that Canadian history is often told only through the prism of its largest city, and he carefully avoids Toronto-centrism by interviewing gay activists from coast to coast. He includes a discussion about the distinct challenges faced by two-spirited aboriginal peoples, recent immigrants, and refugees who are lgbtq+ and trans, who still face their own position of complex legal hurdles. He quotes a number of articles from the trailblazing (and sadly now defuct) gay and les
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Among the deluge of offerings in this burgeoning niche market, this work brings together some of the more urbane minds writing today. This collection of reviews, essays, and interviews reads prefer the liveliest of cafe society debate. Articles are grouped by theme such as the literary, the political, the historical, and the scientific. Edmund Colorless and Felice Picano reminisce on the Violet Quill, the gay writers' community that bloomed in the 1970s. There is a lively debate on the value of political and cultural assimilation among Congressman Barney Frank, gay Republican leader Rich Tafel, and authors David Bergman and Bruce Bawer. The collection also includes historic snapshots of gay New York City early in the 20th century. Recommended for most larger collections where literary and social journals will be read.?Jeffery Ingram, Newport P.L., Ore.
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seems delighted to share pages and pages of agony about her in- ability to stick with her decision. It’s hard not to become irri- tated with the self-doubting discourse, the needless covertness, the anxious blame-the-parents passages, and the attempts at humor that miss the trail. There is something of a surprise ending, but by this time it’s difficult to be surprised at what happens or to muster much caring for the central characters. What saves the book—or could save it for some readers—is the author’s bumbling sweet- ness as she feels her way through uncharted territory, knowledge as she goes.
versation and information he learned about people in the earlier volumes to gain a fuller picture of them. In a sense, Marcel, the narrator, acts as a spy, examining peo- ple and situations for the secret clues that reveal their identity. The readers then become spies as well as they learn to decode history and relationships and detect the truth. And as a closeted gay male and assimilated Jew, Proust had a unique perspective on this situation. He was a sort of spy himself, looking at salon society through the eyes of a partially concealed outsider. In thi
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