| Call Number | 12684 |
|---|---|
| Day & Time Location |
W 4:10pm-6:00pm 707 Hamilton Hall |
| Points | 3 |
| Grading Mode | Standard |
| Approvals Required | None |
| Instructor | Paisley Currah |
| Type | SEMINAR |
| Method of Instruction | In-Person |
| Course Description | Debates over the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people have never been more visible in the international arena. Advocates are beginning to have some success in putting sexual orientation and gender identity on the agenda for inclusion in human rights instruments. But in many local and regional contexts, state-sanctioned homophobia is on the rise, from the official anti-gay stance of Russia featured during the Sochi Winter Games to the passage of Mississippi’s anti-gay bill and Uganda’s anti-homosexuality act. This course examines these trends in relation to strategies pursued by grassroots activists and NGOs and the legal issues they raise, including marriage and family rights, discrimination, violence, torture, sex classification, and asylum. We will also focus on current debates about the relation between sexual rights and gender justice, tensions between universalisty constructions of gay/trans identity and local formations of sexual and gender non-conformity, and legacies of colonialism. |
| Web Site | Vergil |
| Department | Institute for Study of Human Rights |
| Enrollment | 18 students (22 max) as of 9:06PM Thursday, May 8, 2025 |
| Subject | Human Rights |
| Number | GU4400 |
| Section | 001 |
| Division | Graduate School of Arts and Sciences |
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| Section key | 20233HRTS4400G001 |