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LGBT Rights in Southeast Asia: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back? by Wilkinson, C., Gerber, P., Offord, Baden, Langlois, A.

“…This paper explores the debates and trajectories of LGBT rights in Southeast Asia from four different perspectives in order to assess not only the overall state of LGBT rights in the region, but also to consider how further progress towards meaningful protection of LGBT rights can be achieved.…”
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Rethinking the Circuit of Culture: how participatory culture has transformed cross-cultural communication by Tombleson, Bridget, Wolf, Katharina

“…Large scale campaigns, like the Human Rights Campaign to support Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) rights, have seen messages spread far beyond the country of origin, and with that, demonstrate the ability to affect advocacy campaigns in other countries. …”
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Creating a rainbow: ideas and coalition building on the American left, c. 1973-1988 by Riggs, Alex

“…Contrary to narratives of the American left as retreating in response to the rise of Reaganism and neoliberalism, this thesis instead shows that by making use of ideas like participation, redistribution, and equality, common agendas could be formed between constituencies of the ‘old’ left of the working class and labour movement and ‘new’ left constituencies of feminists, civil rights activists, and LGBT rights activists, amongst others. This story is traced through three case studies that occupy one section each of the thesis: the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (as it was known until 1982) and Democratic Socialists of America (as it was known after 1982), with a focus on its first chair Michael Harrington; the Harold Washington administration in Chicago from 1983 to 1987, especially the pivotal role played by his central advisors Robert Mier and Kari Moe; and the 1988 Jesse Jackson presidential campaign. …”
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