Abstract

The modern lesbian and gay rights movement can trace its origins to the massive social and political upheavals in the United States during the late 1960s. Within a few short years, however, lesbian and gay politics had become a transnational phenomenon, generating vibrant cultural and political work far beyond the urban enclaves of New York and San Francisco. Thirty years later, the legal protection of lesbian and gay rights in countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada--not to mention most Western European democracies--outpaces by far those in the United States. As Miriam Smith aptly demonstrates in her invaluable study of the lesbian and gay rights movement in Canada, the last three decades represent a sea change in the legal standing of queer subjects and their protection from discrimination.

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