Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Introduction 3
6. Histories of Resistance and Activism
7. Liberating Marriage 29
8. “Seducing the Unions” 51
9. “À bas la répression contre les homosexuels!” 68
10. Fire, Passion, and Politics 81
11. The Emergence of the Toronto Dyke March 98
12. Rupert Raj, Transmen, and Sexuality 117
13. Queer Resistance and Regulation in the 1970s 137
14. The Politics and Power of Resistance
15. “A History of That Which Was Never Supposed to Be Possible” 165
16. “Your Cuntry Needs You” 185
17. Safe Sex Work and the City 203
18. “Collateral Damage” 222
19. Nationalism, Sexuality, and the Politics of Anti-Citizenship 250
20. Trans-ing the Canadian Passport 270
21. Selected Bibliography 285
22. Contributors 301
23. Index 304