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Much has changed since the beginnings of the gay liberation movement and the feminist movement in the 1970s in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Yet, to a degree, the invisibility of gay male, lesbian and transsexual lifestyles as well as individual struggles for rights and recognition remains.
The diverse contributions in this book discuss how the reframing of ‘queer’ as a proud, border-crossing identity challenges conventional views of gay, lesbian, transsexual and heterosexual identities. At the heart of queer politics and theory lies the double irony that ‘queers’ still experience different social positions and are confronted differently by public challenges, and they also seldom agree about how, and for what political reasons, sexuality should be defined and categorised. In this book, 'queer' brings together wide-ranging commentaries on the history, politics and culture of thirty years of sexual history in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
CONTENTS
Introduction
Lynne Christine Alice
The Aotearoa/New Zealand homosexual law reform campaign, 1985-1986
Alison J Laurie
Exile, Maori and lesbian
Michelle Erai
Queers versus the New Zealand Christian Right, 1985-1998
Craig Young
Beyond gender: transgender identities and the law
Tess Lomax
The end of queer: heteronormativity and suicide
John Fenaughty
So far so queer? Learning about intersections of gender and sexuality with young women in a single-sex school
Kathleen Quinlivan
Queer, queerer, queerest? Feminisms, heterosexualities and queer theory
Rosemary Du Plessis
Same-sex marriage: equality or compulsory heterosexuality?
Leah Whiu
Policing queer cultures and curtailing queer freedoms
Michael Roguski
What it means to be a gay man
Chris Brickell and Ben Taylor
The home of the whopper: sex advertisements and practice
Gerrard Malcolm
Weaving the wahine takatapui: Mirimiri and Tahuri
Michelle Elleray
Peter Wells, Jewel’s Darl and post-sexual identity
Lynne Star
Index
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Published January 2004
Publisher Dunmore (NZ)
Paperback/208pp
ISBN 9780864694539
Australian RRP $29.95
Direct Price $25.00
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Gender & Sexuality
New Zealand Studies / History
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