Queer Wars

The claim that LGBT rights are human rights encounters fierce opposition in many parts of the world, as governments and religious leaders have used resistance to LGBT rights to cast themselves as defenders of traditional values against neo-colonial interference and western decadence.

Queer Wars explores the growing international polarization over sexual rights, and the creative responses from social movements and activists, some of whom face murder, imprisonment or rape because of their perceived sexuality or gender expression.

This book asks why sexuality and gender identity have become so vexed an issue between and within nations, and how we can best advocate for change.

Dennis Altman is Professorial Fellow in Human Security at La Trobe University
Jonathan Symons is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Macquarie University

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Queer Wars: How should we respond to global polarization over gay rights?
Chapter 1: Setting the Agenda
Chapter 2: The Emergence of a Global Movement
Chapter 3: Queer Rights as Human Rights
Chapter 4: The Conservative Backlash
Chapter 5: International Polarization
Chapter 6: What is to be done?

Notes
Index