Never Going Back: A History of Queer Activism in Canada

Tom Warner

Published by University of Toronto Press 2002

Never Going Back

A History of Queer Activism in Canada

Tom Warner

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442677623

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About this book

Drawing on interviews with leading gay and lesbian activists across Canada, Warner chronicles and analyzes a tumultuous grassroots struggle for sexual liberation, legislated equality, and fundamental social change.

Author / Editor information

Warner Tom :

Tom Warner is one of Canada's leading gay activists. During his thirty years of activism, he helped found the Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Ontario and several other organizations.

Reviews

Barry Adam, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Windsor:

'An engaged, in-the-trenches view by an activist who was very often there as history was being made, Never Going Back offers a rich record of a movement that has changed Canada.'

David Rayside, Political Science and Sexual Diversity Studies, University of Toronto:

'An engaged, in-the-trenches view by an activist who was very often there as history was being made, Never Going Back offers a rich record of a movement that has changed Canada.'

Becki L. Ross, Associate Professor, Sociology and Women's Studies, University of British Columbia:

'An engaged, in-the-trenches view by an activist who was very often there as history was being made, Never Going Back offers a rich record of a movement that has changed Canada.'

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
INTRODUCTION. Coming to Terms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART ONE. From Oppression to Liberation: Gays, Lesbians, and Bisexuals in Canada Prior to 1975
1. The Roots of Oppression Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
2. Decriminalization and Early Gay and Lesbian Organizing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
3. Lesbian and Gay Liberation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
PART TWO. Progress amid Backlash, Dissent, and Crises, 1975-1984
4. Police Repression and Judicial Homophobia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
5. Raging Debates, Elusive Consensus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
6. Backlash and Social Conservative Insurgency Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
7. Fighting against the Odds, Facing New Crises Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
8. Liberating Communities, Changing Consciousness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
PART THREE. Between Queer and the Mainstream, 1985-1999
9. Victory in the Human Rights Campaigns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
10. Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Relationships Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	218
11. AIDS Radicalization, Queer Nation, and Identity Politics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
12. Queer Community Standards and Queer Spaces Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	266
13. Identity, Community, and Visibility at the End of the Millennium Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305
Conclusion: Lesbian and Gay Liberation in the Twenty-First Century Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	353
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	359
Illustration Credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	407
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	409

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 480
Keywords: DISCOUNT-C

eBook

Published: June 25, 2002
ISBN: 9781442677623