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HARP-137 |
Title: |
Not the same story: conducting interviews with queer community activists. |
Source: |
Resources for Feminist Research, v.28(1/2) 2000Index pg 49-60 |
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Year: |
2000 |
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Canada, economic, social, and cultural rights, gender equality, human rights, non-discrimination, social security, homosexual marriage/homosexual relationship, Ontario, New Democratic Party, civil and political rights, minority rights, self-determination, standard of living, freedom of thought |
Abstract: |
The basis for this paper is my investigation into the introduction and subsequent defeat of the Equality Rights Statute Amendment Law (Bill 167) put forth by the Ontario New Democratic Party in 1994. The main question I explored in my work is whether it is possible (or indeed desirable) to fight for same-sex spousal rights while simultaneously remaining critical of the goals and conception of “family” operating in this struggle. Queer community organizing is an under-researched area, partly because of the difficulties associated with information gathering. Speaking to those involved in the struggles around same-sex spousal recognition, as I will demonstrate, is a complex enterprise. In this paper I will critically reflect upon the process of employing oral history to inform socio-political theory for the purposes of exploring the rise and fall of Bill 167. My own research will serve as an example of the strengths and challenges of collecting oral narratives from queer community activists. Specifically, I will outline the various methodologies I have utilized, discuss the background to the project, and analyze the “fieldwork.” |
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Keywords: Canada, civil and political rights, cultural rights, economic, freedom of thought, gender equality, homosexual marriage/homosexual relationship, human rights, minority rights, New Democratic Party, non-discrimination, Ontario, self-determination, social, social security, standard of living