Essays about: "Jonathan Fontán Álvarez"

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  1. 1. Democracy and Gender and Sexual Minority Rights: Brazil, Bulgaria and Namibia compared - How can we understand the importance of democracy to furthering LGBTQ human rights?

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Jonathan Fontán Álvarez; [2019]
    Keywords : Democracy; Human Rights; LGBTQ Rights; Queer IR; Democratic Theory; Namibia; Bulgaria; Brazil;

    Abstract : Democracies are argued to be imperative for the advancement of LGBTQ human rights. In the last two decades, however, the picture regarding LGBTQ rights has been extremely contradictory with countries adopting ‘LGBTQ friendly’ policies such as same-sex marriage or adoption while other democratic nation-states have constrained or not developed the rights of sexual minorities. READ MORE