Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Rights
The following is material to consider for your syllabus. Specifcally, there is:
1 Scholarly writing on sexual orientation and gender identity rights written by diverse scholars and experts
2 Scholarly writing providing geographic variety and geographically varied perspectives
3 Studies and analyses examining diversity, equity and inclusion-related dimensions of sexual orientation and gender identity rights
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DISCUSSIONS OF THEORY
Morris, Bonnie J. “History of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Social Movements.” American Psychological Association. American Psychological Association, 2016.
Key words: LGBT movement, Pulse shooting, persecution, activism, religion, internet, media
Mendos, Lucas Ramón. “State-Sponsored Homophobia.” International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, 2019.
Key words: LGBTQ+, United Nations, UNESCO, OAS, EU, Africa, Latin America, Asia, criminalization, protection, recognition
Brettschneider, Marla, Susan Burgess, and Christine Keating. LGBTQ Politics: A Critical Reader. New York, NY: New York University Press, 2017.
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Key words: LGBTQ rights, grassroots movement, critical theory, inclusion, politics, activism, law, coalition-building
McKay, Tasseli, Shilpi Misra, and Christine Lindquist. “Violence and LGBTQ+ Communities: What Do We Know, and What Do We Need to Know?” RTI International, March 2017.
Key words: LGBTQ+ persons, physical and sexual violence, harassment, victimization, legislation
Bosia, Michael J., Sandra McEvoy, and Momin Rahman. The Oxford Handbook of Global LGBT and Sexual Diversity Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020.
Key words: LGBT politics, sexual diversity, gender diversity, inclusion, professional responsibility, Stonewall, queer theory
Xavier B. Lutchmie Persad, "An Expanding Human Rights Corpus: Sexual Minority Rights as International Human Rights," Cardozo Journal of Law & Gender 20, no. 2 (2014): 337-370
Key words: sexual minorities, United Nations, international human rights, LGBT movements
REGION-SPECIFIC DISCUSSIONS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY RIGHTS
Namwase, Sylvie, and Adrian Jjuuko. Protecting the Human Rights of Sexual Minorities in Contemporary Africa. Pretoria: Pretoria University Law Press, 2017.
Key words: sexual minorities, Africa, decriminalization, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mauritius, Uganda, Kenya, Botswana, Nigeria
Kaoma, Kapya. “Globalizing the Culture Wars: U.S. Conservatives, African Churches, and Homophobia,” Political Research Associates, 2009.
Key words: sexual minorities, conservative, U.S., Africa, religion, homophobia
Khan, Fiza, and Dilsana Khan. “LGBT Rights in India: The Status Quo.” International Journal of Law Management and Humanities 3, no. 4 (2020): 731–49.
Key words: LGBT, India, Section 377, transgender, human rights, COVID-19
Chia, Joy L. “LGBTQ Rights in China: Movement-Building in Uncertain Times.” Handbook on Human Rights in China , 2019, 657–80.
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Key words: United Nations, China, LGBTQ, history, society, violence, activism, education, employment, media
Buyantueva, Radzhana, and Maryna Shevtsova. LGBTQ+ Activism in Central and Eastern Europe: Resistance, Representation and Identity. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Key words: sexuality, human rights, sociology, community, homophobia, social movements
SEXUAL ORIENTATION & GENDER RIGHTS, DEVELOPMENT, AND PEACEBUILDING
Badgett, M.V. Lee, Sheila Nezhad, Kees Waaldijk, and Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, “The Relationship between LGBT Inclusion and Economic Development: An Analysis of Emerging Economies,” The Williams Institute, October 2014.
Key words: LGBT, inclusion, economic development, human rights, micro- and macro-level analysis
Cerezo, Alison, and Jeanette Bergfeld. “Meaningful LGBTQ Inclusion in Schools: The Importance of Diversity Representation and Counterspaces.” Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling 7 (2013): 355–71.
Key words: critical race theory, LGBT students, school climate, inclusion, representation
Perez, Kenia Saba, Laura Cossette, and Gimena Sanchez-Garzoli. “The Fight For Inclusion: Advocating for a Gender-Sensitive Implementation of the Colombian Peace Accords.” Colombia Peace. Advocacy for Human Rights in America, 2016.
Key words: LGBTQ+ groups, women, Afro-Colombian groups, political participation, security, inclusion, peacemaking
Sánchez, Nelson F., Susan Rankin, Edward Callahan, Henry Ng, Louisa Holaday, Kadian McIntosh, Norma Poll-Hunter, and John Paul Sánchez. LGBT Health. Dec 2015, 346-356.
Key words: academic medicine, gender identity, healthcare professionals, public policy and advocacy, sexual orientation
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INTERSECTIONS: DEI & SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY RIGHTS
Balsam, Kimberly F., Yamile Molina, Blair Beadnell, Jane Simoni, and Karina Walters. “Measuring Multiple Minority Stress: The LGBT People of Color Microaggressions Scale.” Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology 17, no. 2 (2011): 163–74.
Key words: LGBT, people of color, microaggressions, racism, heterosexism
Cyrus, Kali. “Multiple Minorities as Multiply Marginalized: Applying the Minority Stress Theory to LGBTQ People of Color.” Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health 21, no. 3 (March 2017): 194–202.
Key words: LGBTQ, people of color, intersectionality, minorities, stress
Harley, Debra A., Theresa M. Nowak, Linda J. Gassaway, and Todd A. Savage. “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender College Students with Disabilities: A Look at Multiple Cultural Minorities.” Educational Practices and Problems 39, no. 5 (2002).
Key words: LGBT, minorities, youth, college students, people with disabilities
Kim, Hyun-Jun, Sarah Jen, and Karen I. Fredriksen-Goldsen. “Race/Ethnicity and Health-Related Quality of Life Among LGBT Older Adults.” The Gerontologist 57, no. 1 (2017).
Key words: health disparities, sexual identity, racial and ethnic minority, Latino, Black
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