Essays about: "lgbt rights"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 36 essays containing the words lgbt rights.

  1. 11. "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

  3. 12. Transgressing the Law: Rethinking the Brazilian LGBT Movement and its Relationship with the Law

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

    Author : Ivan Junio Esteves Custódio; [2019]
    Keywords : Brazilian LGBT Movement. Law. Human Rights. Identities. Resistance. Transgression.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The Brazilian LGBT movement has established in the last decades a strategy of action based on the achievement of social transformations through law. The struggle for human rights has become the focal point of the LGBT agenda in the country. For this reason, the linkages between the Brazilian LGBT movement and the law have multiplied. READ MORE

  4. 13. LGBT-RIGHTS IN DECLINE - A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF THE EXPERIENCES OF LGBT-PEOPLE IN INDONESIA

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)

    Author : Aron Falkenberg; Emma Freij; [2019]
    Keywords : LGBT discretion stigma discrimination society Bali Indonesia ;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to highlight the situation for LGBT-people in Bali with regard to the political changes in the country. Firstly, the living situation for LGBT-people have been investigated and secondly the possible effects that the newly implemented anti-LGBT policies have had on LGBT-people have been examined through interviews with six informants currently living in Bali. READ MORE

  5. 14. Working Out : Workplace’s influence on the coming-out of gay employees and its impact on their work and working environment.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Nicolas Meny; [2018]
    Keywords : LGBT; Working conditions; Working Environment; Coming-out; Gay; Employees;

    Abstract : LGBT rights and situation have globally improved significantly, especially in the past few decades. However, being a gay employee is not always easy and though sexuality is a private matter, there is no shock in admitting that private matters are what define us along with our environments, both personal and professional. READ MORE

  6. 15. Children's Books: From Shelves to Streets. Children's publishing as a tool for social change in the Italian 'anti-gender' scenario

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

    Author : Elena Maria Poletti; [2018]
    Keywords : communication; social change; children s literature; gender issues;

    Abstract : In my Degree Project I developed a case study of two independent publishers that promote children’s literature with a special focus on diversity and challenging gender stereotypes, situating them within the bigger framework of activism for gender equality and against homophobia in Italy. I looked at the potential of children’s literature as a significant instrument of communication for social change and analysed the publishers’ activities as a form of activism, specifically connected with the sphere of education. READ MORE