9 Gay and Lesbian Political Mobilization in Urban Spaces: Toronto

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Acknowledgments x
5. Introduction 3
6. The National Level
7. LGBTQ Activism: The Pan-Canadian Political Space 45
8. LGBTQ Issues as Indigenous Politics: Two-Spirit Mobilization in Canada 64
9. The Regional Level
10. Queer Advocacy in Ontario 85
11. Quebec and Sexual Diversity: From Repression to Citizenship? 106
12. Mobilization on the Periphery: LGBT Activism and Success in Atlantic Canada 125
13. LGBTQ Movements in Western Canada: British Columbia 142
14. “Severely Queer” in Western Canada: LGBT2Q Activism in Alberta 163
15. The Municipal Level
16. From Contestation to Incorporation: LGBT Activism and Urban Politics in Montreal 187
17. Gay and Lesbian Political Mobilization in Urban Spaces: Toronto 208
18. Building Queer Infrastructure: Trajectories of Activism and Organizational Development in Decolonizing Vancouver 227
19. “Punch[ing] More Than Its Weight”: LGBT Organizing in Halifax, Nova Scotia 250
20. Conclusion 271
21. Contributors 297
22. Index 300