Essays about: "transgender theory"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 38 essays containing the words transgender theory.
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11. The Puzzling Resonance Of Political Homophobia : A case study exploring the relationship between framing and institutions involved in the elite driven anti-LGBTQ campaign in today’s Poland
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Although the world has experienced great progress in the area of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), the contemporary transnational turn towards nationalist, right-wing and populist politics has generated a backlash, primarily affecting women and members of the LGBTQ-community (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning). Yet, opposition to gender and sexual equality, particularly in the European context, is undertheorized. READ MORE
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12. LGBTIQ rights and inclusion in development: The final frontier in human rights? A qualitative case study of the LGBTIQ community in Tanzania
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : The human rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTIQ) population is repeatedly violated in countries around the world. Discrimination, violence, and state-led persecution towards the LGBTIQ population takes a negative toll on development and will ultimately affect the outcome of SDG 10, reduced inequalities. READ MORE
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13. TO PERFORM, OR NOT TO PERFORM? A queer reading of feminist theatre performances in Istanbul
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaperAbstract : Feminist theatre, I opine, is a tremendously valuable tool that could help individuals to gaze politically at their own lives. This thesis is compiled by an exploratory research into the theatrical stage of Istanbul aiming to analyse three plays with a queer lens as means to uncover the feminist politics that transforms the normative norms of both the theatre and the society. READ MORE
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14. Lost at the intersections: a postcolonial approach to the Swedish Sex Purchase Act
University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender; Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : This study focuses on the Swedish Sex Purchase Act and their claims of help and support to prostitutes, as outlined by two propositions: Kvinnofrid (proposition 1997/98:55) and in the 10-year evaluation of the Act (SOU 2010:49). It investigates these claims through an ethnography of law method and data collected from fieldwork is interpreted and reflected through the conceptual framework of postcolonial feminist legal theory and intersectionality. READ MORE
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15. Stigmatization and Discrimination: A Qualitative Case Study of the Transgender Community in Brazil.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis is a qualitative case study of discrimination based on stigmatization towards transgender individuals in Brazil. The current President, Jair Bolsonaro has made some extreme statements about the LGBTQ+ community throughout his career in politics, starting when he was a congressman in Rio de Janeiro and keeps doing so today, normalizing stigma and discrimination towards the LGBTQ+ community. READ MORE
