The politics of sexuality in Latin America : a reader on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights

The politics of sexuality in Latin America : a reader on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights / edited by Javier Corrales and Mario Pecheny.

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Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2010.

xv, 454 p. ; 24 cm.

Corrales, Javier, 1966- Pecheny, Mario.

Pitt Latin American series.

Includes bibliographical references and index. Selections in English translated from Spanish or Portuguese originals.

Introduction: the comparative politics of sexuality in Latin America / Javier Corrales and Mario Pecheny
Part 1: nation-building and heteronormativity
Male same-sex sexuality and the Argentine State, 1880-1930 / Pablo Ben, 2009
Cuban condemNation of queer bodies / Emilio Bejel, 2000
Mexico / Stephen O. Murray, 2004
Part 2: sexuality-based political struggles
More love and more desire: the building of a Brazilian movement / James N. Green, 1998
"Con discriminación y represión no hay democracia": the lesbian and gay movement in Argentina / Stephen Brown, 2002
Sociability, secrets, and identities: key issues in sexual politics in Latin America / Mario Pecheny
Sexual politics and sexual rights in Brazil: a case study / Adriana R. B. Vianna and Sergio Carrara, 2007
Puerto Rico and teh Caribbean / Linda Rapp, 2004
Identity, revolution, and democracy: lesbian movements in Central America / Millie Thayer, 1997
Part 3: LGBT movements' relations with political parties and legislators
Global communities and hybrid cultures: early gay and lesbian electoral activism in Brazil and Mexico / Rafael de la Dehesa, 2007
Social movements and political parties: gays, lesbians, and travestis and the struggle for inclusion in Brazil / Juan P. Marsiaj, 2006
The civil union law in Buenos Aries: notes on the arguments by the opposition / Reneta Hiller (trans. Christina Martinez)
Gay rights in Venezuela under Hugo Chávez, 1999-2009 / José Ramon Merentes
LGBT rights in Equador's 2008 constitution: victories and setbacks / Selena Xie and Javier Corrales.

Part 4: the state and public policies
Friendly government, cruel society: AIDS and the politics of homosexual strategic mobilization in Brazil / Eduardo J. Gómez
Sexual rights of gays, lesbians, and transgender persons in Latin America: a judge's view / Roger Raupp Rios
Chile: seizing empowerment / Tim Frasca, 2005
Speech of the president of the Brazilian Republic at the opening of the First National Conference of Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals, Transvestites, and Transsexuals / Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, 2008 (trans. Nicole Panico)
Interview with Mariela Castro on the future of sex and socialism in Cuba / Anastasia Haydulina, 2008
Out in public: gay and lesbian activism in Nicaragua / Florence E. Babb, 2004
Part 5: intrasociety relations
The rationale of collective action within sexual-rights movements: an abstract analysis of very concrete experiences / Mario Pecheny, 2004 (trans. Mariana Alcañiz)
Sexual orientation and human rights in the Americas / Andrew Reding, 2003
Desire, TV, panic, and violence surrounding the transgendered in Argentina: the metamorphoses of 1998 / Alejandro Modarelli, 2004 (trans. Mariana Alcañiz)
Lesbians in (cyber)space: the politics of the internet in Latin American on- and off-line communities / Elisabeth Jay Friedman, 2007
Gay space in Havana / Scott Larson, 2004
Divergence between LGBTI legal, political, and social progress in the Caribbean and Latin America / Jim Wilets
The fight and flight of Reinaldo Arenas / Rafael Oscasio, 2008
From invisible subjects to citizens: a report of human rights and lesbians in Paraguay, 2006 / Rosa M. Posa Guinea, Carolina Robledo Desh, and Camila Zabala Peroni, on behalf og Aireana, Group for Lesbian Rights, 2006 (trans. Sarah Harper)
The LGBT orgnizational density of world cities / Javier Corrales
Part 6: diversities within
Political practices and alliance strategies of the Chilean GLBTT movement / Héctor Núñez González, 2005 (trans. Sarah Harper)
"The gay pride march? They're not talking about me": the politicization of differences in the Argentine GLTTTB movement / Aluminé Moreno (trans. Sarah Haper)
The feminism-lesbianism relationship in Latin America: a necessary link / Yuderkys Espinosa Miñoso, 2007 (trans. Joan Flores)
Tranvestism and public space: tranvestism in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transvestite, and transsexual movement / Josefina Fernández, 2004 (trans. Zoe Fenson)
"Every Jack to his trade?": power arrangements, policies of identity, and market segmentation within the homosexual movement / Isadora Lines França, 2006 (trans. Nicole Panico)
Appendix: timeline of the LGBT political landmarks in the Americas / Javier Corrales.

""This collection, with its focus on the development of political rights in Latin America, makes an important contribution to the growing field of LGBT studies in Latin America. It is sure to become a valuable addition to the classroom for courses dealing with the history of gender and sexuality in Latin America."---Martin A. Nesvig, University of Miami" ""Finally we have a comprehensive book that bridges the gap between the academic and nonacademic literature on the politics of LGBT movements in Latin America. [This volume] is destined to become the main reference for any serious scholar interested in teaching or researching the comparative politics of human rights and sexuality in the region."---Ernesto Calvo, University of Houston" "The Politics of Sexuality in Latin America presents the first English-language reader on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) politics in Latin America. The chapters represent a range of contemporary works by scholars, activists, analysts, and politicians." "The contributors uncover many of the obstacles that LGBT activists face in establishing new laws and breaking down societal barriers. Issues discussed include the institutionalized system of "heteronormativity," economic structures, religious dictums, personal security, the tenuous relationship between leftist political parties and LGBT movements, and the ever-present "closets" that keep LGBT issues out of the public eye. The volume also looks to the future of LGBT activism in Latin America in areas such as globalization and the role of NGOs, changing demographics, and the rise of economic levels and education across societies."--BOOK JACKET.

Homosexual community--Latin America. Homosexuals civil liberties--Latin America. Status of homosexuals--Latin America. Homosexuality laws--Latin America.

9780822960621 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0822960621 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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