Because We Are Human
eBook - ePub

Because We Are Human

Contesting US Support for Gender and Sexuality Human Rights Abroad

  1. 294 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Because We Are Human

Contesting US Support for Gender and Sexuality Human Rights Abroad

About this book

Finalist for the 2018 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the LGBT category Around the world, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people continue to be threatened, attacked, arrested, tortured, and sometimes executed just for being sexual or gender minorities. Since the final months of the Clinton administration, agencies and officials of the US government have been engaging in programs and projects whose stated purposes are to serve goals of justice and equity for LGBTQ people outside the United States. Because We Are Human gives readers an inside look at US sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) human rights assistance programs. Cynthia Burack explores settings where indigenous and transnational human rights advocates meet to fund and strategize SOGI human rights movements. This book also examines key arguments against these programs, policies, and interventions that originate on both the conservative right and the progressive academic left. Burack ultimately recommends support for a US commitment to SOGI human rights and programs that serve the needs of LGBTQ people.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Introduction Putting the SOGI in Human Rights
  7. Chapter 1 The US Government and SOGI Human Rights Abroad: The Early Years
  8. Chapter 2 SOGI Rights Are Human Rights, and Human Rights Are SOGI Rights
  9. Chapter 3 The US Government and SOGI Human Rights: After Geneva
  10. Chapter 4 No Human Right to Sodomy: Christian Conservative Opposition to SOGI Human Rights
  11. Chapter 5 Dispensing Human Rights? Critical Humanists and SOGI Human Rights
  12. Afterword Reflections on SOGI Human Rights and Democracy
  13. Appendix A Barack Obama, Presidential Memorandum
  14. Appendix B Hillary Clinton, Remarks in Recognition of International Human Rights Day
  15. Notes
  16. Index
  17. Back Cover