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Martel, Frédéric, 1967-
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Homosexuality -- Social aspects.
Homosexuality -- Political aspects.
Gay rights.
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Martel, Frédéric, 1967-
Homosexuality -- Social aspects.
Homosexuality -- Political aspects.
Gay rights.
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Global gay : how gay culture is changing the world / Frédéric Martel ; foreword by Michael Bronski ; translated by Patsy Baudoin.
by
Martel, Frédéric, 1967-
The MIT Press, 2018.
Call #:
306.766 M376g
Subjects
Homosexuality
--
Social
aspects
.
Homosexuality
--
Political
aspects
.
Gay rights.
ISBN:
9780262537056
Uniform title:
Global gay. English
Description:
xxx, 262 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Translation of French original, Global gay : comment la révolution gay change le monde; published: Paris : Flammarian, 2013
Translated from the French.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references
Contents:
Rainbow flags flutter in gay neighborhoods
--
South Beach
--
Barack Obama's gay victory
--
Mao's new comrades
--
Sexual orientation
--
The battle at the United Nations
--
Queen Boat
--
"In Iran, there are no homosexuals"
--
A worldwide image battle
--
Epilogue : The new frontier of human rights
Summary:
"In [this book], Frédéric Martel visits more than fifty countries and documents a revolution underway around the world: the globalization of LGBT rights. From Saudi Arabia to South Africa, from Amsterdam to Tel Aviv, from Singapore to the United States, activists, culture warriors, and ordinary people are part of a movement. Martel interviews the proprietor of a 'gay-friendly' café in Amman, Jordan; a Cuban-American television journalist in Fort Lauderdale, Florida; a South African jurist who worked with Nelson Mandela to enshrine gay rights in the country's constitution; an American lawyer who worked on the campaign for marriage equality; an Egyptian man who fled his country after escaping a raid on a gay club; and many others. He tells us that in China,
homosexuality
is neither prohibited nor permitted, and that much Chinese gay life takes place on social media; that in Iran, because of the strict separation of the sexes, it can sometimes seem as easy to be gay as it is to go to jail for being so; and that Raul Castro's daughter, a gay rights icon in Cuba, expressed her anti-American sentiments by calling for Cuban Pride celebrations to be held in May rather than in June, as they are in the United States. At least ten countries maintain the death penalty for homosexuals. 'Homophobia is what Arab governments give to Islamists to keep them calm, ' one activist tells Martel. As the West progresses from the criminalization of
homosexuality
to the penalization of homophobia, and the 'gay American way of life' offers a global template for gay activism and culture, Martel finds that every country offers distinctly local variations. And around the world, the status of gay rights has become a measure of a country's democracy and modernity. Global Gay has been translated into seven languages and adapted into an award-winning television documentary. This English edition has been thoroughly revised and updated."
Genre:
2SLGBTQIA+
Other authors:
Bronski, Michael, writer of foreword.
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