Recognizing Gender and Sexuality at the United Nations
In this contribution I sketch the debates surrounding the concept of gender that have taken place in the international arena, especially at the United Nations (UN), from the 1990s until today, in the context of the fight for both women’s rights and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) righ...
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| Formato: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Sextant
2024
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| Acceso en liña: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Résumé: | In this contribution I sketch the debates surrounding the concept of gender that have taken place in the international arena, especially at the United Nations (UN), from the 1990s until today, in the context of the fight for both women’s rights and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) rights. The first section retraces how gender reached the UN agenda and sketches the first battles between those who tried to push the term off the agenda and those who defended it. The second section deals with the fight to get gay and lesbian rights on the UN agenda. The third section highlights how, in the first decade of the twenty-first century, the issue was broadened from sexual orientation to sexual orientation and gender identity, and I will thereby analyse the relevant arguments and counter-arguments. The fourth section contains, by way of comparison, a small digression on the use of the gender concept in the European Union. |
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