A panoramic view of gay rights, gay life, and the gay experience around the world.In Global Gay, Frederic 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 cafe 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 seems almost easier to be gay than heterosexual; and that Raul Castro's daughter, a gay rights icon in Cuba, expressed her lingering anti-American sentiments by calling for Pride celebrations in May rather than June. Ten countries maintain the death penalty for homosexuals. Homophobia is what Arab governments give to Islamists to keep them calm, one activist tells Martel. Martel finds that although the gay American way of life has created a global template for gay activism and culture, each 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. This English edition, whichhas been thoroughly revised and updated, has received the French Voices Award for excellence in publication and translation, supported by a grant from the French-American Book Fund.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
MIT Press LTD
ISBN-13
9780262537056
eBay Product ID (ePID)
18046535337
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Gender Issues
Series
The Mit Press
Author
Frederic Martel
Publication Name
Global Gay: How Gay Culture Is Changing the World
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Government
Publication Year
2019
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
296 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229 mm
Item Width
152 mm
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United States
Title_Author
Frederic Martel
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