Essays about: "LGBT rights"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 36 essays containing the words LGBT rights.

  1. 21. LGBT and the universal enjoyment of human rights

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Rebecca Karlsson; [2016]
    Keywords : Folkrätt;

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  3. 22. Political attitudes towards LGBT-persons in contemporary Swedish family policies : An analysis around the concepts of freedom and tolerance in the Swedish society

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS); Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Josefine Sjöberg; [2016]
    Keywords : Negative freedom; positive freedom; tolerance; intolerance; Isaiah Berlin; LGBT; Sweden; Swedish politics; family policies;

    Abstract : The objective of this research was to contribute to the discussion about LGBT-rights in Swedish politics. Some previous findings suggested that one political party in particular, the Swedish Democrats, had an opposing stance towards LGBT-persons. READ MORE

  4. 23. Nationality, Sexuality & Liberation : A Field Study of the Interconnections of Feminism and Nationalism in Palestine

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Hannah Öhlén; [2016]
    Keywords : Palestine; nationalism; feminism; gender; LGBT; women s rights; sexuality; oppression;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the interconnections of feminism and nationalism in the context of Palestine, and is based on a Minor Field Study of interviews with Palestinian women working for women’s rights. The study investigates their views and opinions when it comes to issues related to sexual proprietariness; the view that men own women and their reproductive abilities (Taylor & Jasinski, 2011:249f), and demography in relation to the Palestinian national struggle against the Israeli occupation. READ MORE

  5. 24. Accepting Homosexuality - Measuring and Explaining Levels of Perceived Discrimination among Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual People in the European Union

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Jeroen Romeijn; [2015-12-01]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This thesis centers around levels of perceived discirmination among lesbian, gay and bisexual people (LGB) in the European Union and answers two main questions. The first aims to analyze the effects that different methods to survey the LGB population have on the validity and reliability of such surveys. READ MORE

  6. 25. Queer Belonging in Chinese Society: A Case Study of LGBTs Negotiation of Belonging

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Martina Rooth; [2014]
    Keywords : Social movement; China; LGBT; Belonging; Queer; Gender; Sexuality; Human rights; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In this study, possibilities to belong in the contemporary Chinese society are recognized to differences along axes of sexual orientation. Lesbians and gays in the LGBT group are exposed to violations of their human rights in forms of discrimination and lack of legal protection. READ MORE