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17 Cards in this Set
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Differences from lesbian and hetersosexual women in sexual activity |
-touching breasts -manual-genital -manual penetration -oral sex sometimes also called kissing, cuddling, tribadism |
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why do lesbian women do it? |
same as heterosexual women 1. physical pleasure 2. emotional pleasure 3. relational 4. psychological reasons |
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Why lesbian women do it - difference from heterosexual women |
more willing to cite (without resentment) duty/obligation to partner or relationship |
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Butches |
-Unique Gender -Don't want to be men -May want men's privileges and power -vulnerable to denial and abuse in society |
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Femmes |
-Unique Gender - Femmes often invisible as lebsians -Assertive Sexuality -Sensitive to Butch gender ID needs |
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How much sex is satisfying? |
Similar freq. rates as heterosexual couples. |
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Average time spent in sexual actities |
57 mins, compared to hetero couples 18 mins |
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Who has the greater relationship satisfaction? |
Lesbians have more satisfaction that gays or heteros |
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Most Canadian gays have suffered discrimination and abuse |
- 64% of LGBTQ youth feel unsafe in schools ---21% report phsyical harassment -more likely to run away -20% have been assaulted for being gay -creates toll on self esteem ----LGBT have 2x risk of suicide |
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Gay Canadian History 1940's |
Many lesbian and gays joined canadian military -same sex service units -illegal to be homo in military. Discharged if discovered ---"psychiatric disorders" ---"anti-social psychopaths" ---"psychiatric personalities with abnormal sexuality"
Also illegal to be homo in ciivilian life until 1969 -"dangerous sexual offender" -criminal sexual psychopath -"given indefinite sentences |
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Gay Canadian History 1950s |
RCMP had a special unit A-3 to find LGBTQ people -more than 3000 people outed -hundreds lost their jobs
1952 New immigration act -Homos considered subversives -Immigration not allowed for prostitutes, homes, or persons living off the avail of prostition of homosexualism, pimps or persons coming to Canada for these or any other immoral purposes
-Gay communities thrived in Montreal and Toronto |
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Jim Egan |
Activists - wrote a letter to every newspaper defending gays 1949-1964. -At supreme cour in 1995 over old age pensions for LGBTQ people (had to be married in order to receive this) -Lost the case but resulted in sexual orientation being added to the charter of Rights |
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Gay Canadian History 1960s |
1960 - All LGBTQ in government external affairs fired. 1964- Homophile Reform society started in Ontario -Tabloid gay started in Toronto - Janes Rule's - first lesbian novel - Association for Social Knowledge (ASK) formed in Vancouver
-1966 ASK opens first LGBTQ centre in Canada -Everett Klippert convicted of gross indecency and branded a dangerous sexual offender because he was an incurable homosexual.
1969 - University of Toronot Homophile Association started (UTHA) -Canadian criminal code legalized certain sexual acts between two consenting adult in private, 21 years of age or older. "Gross indecent" and "buggery" remained on the books and continued to be used against acts insufficiently "private" involving more than two person or including anyone under 21 |
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Gay Canadian history 1970's |
-Groups formed in cities across the contry -"women identified women" philosophy developed. Lesbian separatism. Butch-femme denied.
1971 -Gay Alliance toward equality (GATE) -Community homophile Association of Toronto (Chat) -First issue of The Body Politic -First public gay demonstration in Canada on Parliament hill in support of brief "We demand"
-1972 -First gay pride week (Toronto) -First issue of the other woman -First lesbain drop ins organized at the women's place -First Canadian Lesbain journal -First lesbian conference in Canada
1975 -Bawdy house raids in montreal
1977 -Lesbian Org of toronto (LOOG) starts first lesbian centre 1977-1982 Body politic court cases 1977-2004 glad day book store cases |
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Gay Canadian history 1980's |
-Butch femme lesbian re-emerges -First openly gay politicians 1980: George Hislop in Toronto. Not Elected. Sven Robinson in Burnaby, elected and stayed in office for several terms 1979-2004 -1981 Bath House raids in Toronto and huge protests |
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Gay Canadian History 1990s |
-Queer politics emerge 1990-2002 - Little Sisters Bookstore obscenity court cases 1992- LGBTQ allowed to openly serve in Canadian military 1995 - Jim Egan's case puts sexual orientation into Charter 1996 -Sexual orientation added to Canadian humanrights 1999 - same sex common law relationships legally recognized |
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Gay Canadian History 2000s |
2000Same sex common law relationships get all rights but marriage 2003 Same sex marriage in ON and BC 2003 Hate propaganda laws include LGBTQ 2005 - Same sex marriage in Canada 2007 - Two women can register as birth parents in ON. 2013 - Kathleen Wynne become Canada's first openly LGBTQ Provincial premier |
