Essays about: "LGBT-rights"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the word LGBT-rights.

  1. 1. SMOOTH OPERATORS? - Ambassadors’ Engagement in Pride parades

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Kristina Gurok; [2022-01-20]
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    Abstract : Ambassadors waving rainbow flags participate in Pride parades in many capitals around the world. However, within existing scholarship, ambassadors are dominantly portrayed as facilitative of smooth state relations by acting, speaking and dressing in a discrete and non-confrontational manner and carefully avoiding interference in domestic affairs of the host state. READ MORE

  3. 2. LGBT+ rights and the gender gap : A comparative study of LGBT+ anti-discrimination legislation in the United States

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Rebecka Herlitz Gunnarsson; [2021]
    Keywords : LGBT rights; female representation; gender gap; anti-discrimination; adoption;

    Abstract : This thesis seeks to examine if there is a connection between female representation among U.S. legislators at state level and support of legislation protecting LGBT+ people from discrimination in terms of adoption and foster care. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Protection of LGBT+ rights in International Criminal Law

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Adam Olofson; [2020]
    Keywords : Folkrätt; Public International Law; Queer Law; Queer critical Theory; Crimes against humanity; Persecution; International Criminal Law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Sexual and gender minorities have historically and globally been vulnerable to persecutory and discriminatory acts. Today, sixty-eight United Nations member states criminalize consensual same-sex sexual conduct and nine states expressively criminalize the gender identity/expression of transgender people. READ MORE

  5. 4. “We are saying no to homosexuality!”- A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Dialogue Between Zambia and the US Ambassador Regarding LGBT+ Rights Advocacy in a Postcolonial Context

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

    Author : Ida Karsten; [2020]
    Keywords : Postcolonialism; Zambia; Global LGBT Advocacy; Cultural Imperialism; Colonial Discourse;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses a dialogue between the US ambassador to Zambia and two Zambian officials, regarding LGBT+ rights, following the sentencing of a same-sex couple by the Zambian high court. The theoretical framework utilizes postcolonial theory and a few of its concepts, namely cultural imperialism, and colonial discourses. READ MORE

  6. 5. "Fully Acceptable" : Policies on Homosexuality in the Swedish Parliament between 1933-2010

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Markus Sjölén Gustafsson; [2020]
    Keywords : LGBT-rights; Swedish Parliament; homosexuality; frame analysis; path-dependency; critical junctures; policy; harmonization; HBTQ-rättigheter; Riksdagen; homosexualitet; ramanalys; stigberoende; critical junctures; policy; harmonisering;

    Abstract : This study looks at the development in policy towards homosexuals in Sweden from criminalization to constitutional protection. A study on the ideational development in parliament has yet to be conducted. READ MORE