The LGBT Disconnect: Politics and Perils of Legal Movement Formation

George, Marie-Amelie

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“…Sexual rights, the Special Rapporteur concluded, include the "right of all persons to express their sexual orientation, with due regard for the well-being and rights of others, without fear of persecution, denial of liberty or social interference." 33 Feminist and LGBTQI+ movements increasingly came to recognize sexual rights as separate and distinct from reproductive rights, with advocates pushing for the inclusion of specific language on both sexual rights and sexual orientation across UN working groups. However, while sexual rights gained significant traction, distinct rights related to gender identity and bodily diversity would continue to remain unacknowledged in multilateral fora until 2006.…”

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“…As the SOGI movement’s influence continued to grow, the term “sexual rights” — which had failed to secure recognition at the UN during the Cairo and Beijing conferences — was further legitimized within the human rights community following its 2004 use by the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health. Considering the SRHR provisions advanced in Cairo and Beijing, the Special Rapporteur noted that “since many expressions of sexuality are non-reproductive, it is misguided to subsume sexual rights, including the right to sexual health, under reproductive rights and reproductive health.” Sexual rights, the Special Rapporteur concluded, include the “right of all persons to express their sexual orientation, with due regard for the well-being and rights of others, without fear of persecution, denial of liberty or social interference.” 33 …”

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Transcending the Gender Binary under International Law: Advancing Health-Related Human Rights for Trans* Populations

O'Connor

Seunik

Radi

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J. Law. Med. Ethics

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Despite a recent wave in global recognition of the rights of transgender and gender-diverse populations, referred to in this text by the umbrella label of trans*, international law continues to presume a cisgender binary definition of gender — dismissing the lived realities of trans* individuals throughout the world. This gap in international legal recognition and protection has fundamental implications for health, where trans* persons have been and continue to be subjected to widespread discrimination in health care, longstanding neglect of health needs, and significant violations of bodily autonomy.

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Transcending the Gender Binary under International Law: Advancing Health-Related Human Rights for Trans* Populations

O'Connor

Seunik

Radi

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J. Law. Med. Ethics

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“…(TF)Analyses have exposed the negative impact of LGBTI movements' prioritization of achieving marriage equality on their politics (e.g. DeFilippis et al., 2018; Duggan and Hunter, 2006; George, 2018). As the excerpt above illustrates, the Cypriot LGBTI movement's prioritization of same-sex civil partnerships recognition has left many of its members feeling that it is not tackling substantive issues that affect their everyday lives, and invests valuable resources into securing legal rights that benefit only its lesbian and gay members.…”

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‘When one doesn't even exist’: Europeanization, trans* subjectivities and agency in Cyprus

Kamenou

2020

Sexualities

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In the context of Europeanization, transnational LGBTI rights and politics discourses and paradigms interact with local ones. However, the effects of this interaction on trans* people in the margins of ‘Europe’ have received little attention. Drawing from participant observation and interviews with trans* respondents, I examine how trans* subjectivities and politics in Cyprus are shaped amidst this process. I show that institutional responses to trans* claims reinforce trans* marginalization. I find that trans* people are marginalized in, and disappointed by the normalization of, the (trans)national LGBTI movement. I argue that these factors induce alternative modes of everyday trans* politics and community organizing outside NGO structures. Therefore, this article helps decentre trans* studies’ typical focus on Western Europe, North America and Australasia, while offering an analysis of the role of Europeanization in Cypriot LGBTI politics.

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“…For instance, George (2018) demonstrates that in the United States, gay and lesbian legal wins at times fail to promote support for transgender rights. In addition, once the groups' fates are tied together, attacks on one group can be extended to the other, without rational grounds (George, 2018). The differences in policy needs are brought to the forefront as a result of the assimilationist strategies used to acquire rights for same-sex couples, which inadvertently made transgender people appear more deviant.…”

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In or out? Citizenship outcomes of working sexual and gender minority people of Canada

Dilmaghani,

Dias

2023

Politics & Policy

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Despite the greater visibility of sexual and gender minorities, due to data limitations, the quantitative literature on their citizenship outcomes is very limited. Using a large original survey of Canadian sexual and gender minorities and the Canadian General Social Survey, this article first examines the extent of political inclusion of sexual and gender minorities, as measured by sense of belonging to Canada and the province of residence, likelihood of voting, and confidence in the police and the justice system. Sexual and gender minorities are generally found to have a markedly weaker sense of belonging to Canada and confidence in its institutions. Next, these patterns are re‐examined accounting for the degree of outness. The results indicate considerable discrepancies across sexual and gender minorities in how outness affects their citizenship outcomes. In particular, it seems that the sociopolitical profile of these groups plays an important mediating role in the effects of outness on their citizenship outcomes.Related ArticlesBurnett, Craig M., and Aaron S. King. 2015. “The Personal Politics of Same‐Sex Marriage.” Politics & Policy 43(4): 586–610. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12126.Lewis, Gregory B., Marc A. Rogers, and Kenneth Sherrill. 2011. “Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Voters in the 2000 US Presidential Election.” Politics & Policy 39(5): 655–77. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747‐1346.2011.00315.x.Winburn, Jonathan, and Amanda Winburn. 2020. “The Role of Political Ideology in Public Opinion toward Enumerated Antibullying Policies in Public Schools.” Politics & Policy 48(3): 442–63. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12355.

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The LGBT Disconnect: Politics and Perils of Legal Movement Formation

Cited by 5 publications

References 40 publications

Transcending the Gender Binary under International Law: Advancing Health-Related Human Rights for Trans* Populations

Transcending the Gender Binary under International Law: Advancing Health-Related Human Rights for Trans* Populations

‘When one doesn't even exist’: Europeanization, trans* subjectivities and agency in Cyprus

In or out? Citizenship outcomes of working sexual and gender minority people of Canada

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