"Contributions ... discuss how the reframing of 'queer' as a proud, border-crossing identity challenges conventional views of gay, lesbian, transsexual and heterosexual identities. ... Brings together wide-ranging commentaries on the history, politics and culture of thirty years of sexual history in Aotearoa/New Zealand"--P. [4] of cover. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction / Lynne Christine Alice -- The Aotearoa/New Zealand homosexual law reform campaign, 1985-1986 / Alison J. Laurie -- Exile, Maori and lesbian / Michelle Erai -- Queers versus the New Zealand Christian Right, 1985-1998 / Craig Young -- Beyond gender : transgender identities and the law / Tess Lomax -- The end of queer : heteronormativity and suicide / John Fenaughty -- So far so queer? Learning about the intersections of gender and sexuality with young women in a single-sex girl's school / Kathleen Quinlivan -- Queer, queerer, queerest? Feminisms, heterosexualities and queer theory / Rosemary Du Plessis -- Same-sex marriage : equality or compulsory heterosexuality? / Leah Whiu -- Policing queer cultures and curtailing queer freedoms / Michael Roguski -- What it means to be a gay man / Chris Brickell and Ben Taylor -- The home of the whopper : sex advertisements and practice / Gerrard Malcolm -- Weaving the wahine takatāpui : Mirimiri and Tahuri / Michelle Elleray -- Peter Wells, Jewel's Darl and post-sexual identity / Lynne Star.
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