YEAR/ANNÉE 1990

 

“Federal Court Puts the Axe to Living-Tree Mandate for Extending Human

         Rights Law.”  Canadian Human Rights Advocate 6(6) (July 1990): 7-8.

                             Decision denies family status to same-sex couples.

 

“Gay Couple Not Family, Court Rules.”  Vancouver Sun, July 4, 1990, p. A1.

 

Herman, Didi.

         “Are We Family?: Lesbian Rights and Women’s Liberation.”

         Osgoode Hall Law Journal 28 (Winter 1990): 789-816.

 

Jurgens, Ralf Erich.

         “Equality and Gay Rights in the United States and Canada.”  LL.M. thesis,

         McGill University, 1990.

         (197 p.)

                             Considers if guarantees of U.S. Constitution’s 14th amendment and

                             Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms can change situation for

                             gays.

 

New Brunswick Coalition for Human Rights Reform.

                        Discrimination and Violence Encountered by Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual

                        New Brunswickers. 1990.

                             Ref.: Kinsman, Regulation of Desire, 2nd ed., p. 367, ftnt. 26.

 

“Nova Scotia Commission Acts on Its Own to Extend Protection to Gays,

          Lesbians.”  Canadian Human Rights Advocate 6(8) (Sept. 1990): 12.

 

Ryder, Bruce.

         “Equality Rights and Sexual Orientation: Confronting Heterosexual Family

         Privilege.”  Canadian Journal of Family Law 9 (Fall 1990): 39-97.

                             Relevant statute: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s. 15.

 

Ziff, Bruce H.

         “Recent Developments in Canadian Law: Marriage and Divorce.”

         Ottawa Law Review 22 (Winter 1990): 139-242.

                             Much broader than scope of this bibliography, but user might see

                             the section titled “Same Sex and Transsexual Marriage,” pp.151-155.