YEAR/ANNÉE 1998

Alberta Justice Issues Research: Final Report. Edmonton[?]: Longwoods

International, 1998.

(86 p.)

Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 22494819, which carries descriptors

concerning public opinion/legal status of gays in Alberta.

Bailey, Martha.

“Hawaii’s Same-Sex Marriage Initiatives: Implications for Canada.”

Canadian Journal of Family Law 15 (1998): 153-181.

Barclay, Tamara D.

“For Richer or for Poorer: A Comparison of Same-Sex Support and Benefit

Rights in M v. H and Rosenberg v. Canada (Attorney General).”

Canadian Family Law Quarterly 16 (July 1998): 213-238.

“BC Gay Parents Gain Equality: Law First in North America to Give Same-Sex

Couples Right to Child Support, Custody.” Globe and Mail [Metro ed.],

February 5, 1998, pp. A1, A13.

Bérubé, Guylaine.

Une plus une: recherche sur la reconnaissance légale des couples de lesbiennes.

Recherche et rédaction, Guylaine Bérubé. Québec: Conseil du statut de la

femme, 1998.

(94 p.; ISBN 2550335449)

Bibliographie: pp. 83-94.

Boyd, Susan B.

“Lesbian (and Gay) Custody Claims: What Difference Does Difference Make?”

Canadian Journal of Family Law 15(1) (1998): 131-152.

Canada. Supreme Court.

Delwin Vriend and Gala-Gay and Lesbian Awareness Society of Edmonton

and Gay and Lesbian Community Centre of Edmonton Society and Dignity

Canada Dignité for Gay Catholics and Supporters v. Her Majesty the Queen

in Right of Alberta and Her Majesty’s Attorney General in and for the

Province of Alberta and the Attorney General of Canada…[et al.]. Ottawa, Ont.:

Supreme Court of Canada, 1998.

(115 p. in various pagings)

Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 22493374, which notes that

appeal heard November 4, 1997 and judgment rendered April 2, 1998;

notes also that case indexed as Vriend v. Alberta.

Note: “25285”

User could note that there are several other references to this case in the

LAW section , including reports of and commentary on

the decision.

Carter, Donald D.

“Employment Benefits for Same Sex Couples: The Expanding Entitlement.”

Canadian Public Policy 24(1) (1998): 107-117.

Childs, Mary.

“Constitutional Review and Underinclusive Legislation.” Public Law,

Winter 1998, pp. 647-658.

“Courts Extend Rights Protections in Alberta.” Human Resources Advisor Newsletter

(Western ed.), July/August 1998, pp. 1, 2 (329-word news note)

Supreme Court of Canada upholds Alberta judge’s ruling. “Sexual

orientation” to be read into the Individual’s Rights Act in Alberta.

Provincial human rights commission now able to accept discrimination

cases based on sexual orientation – CBCA Fulltext Reference index.

Davies, Margaret.

“Lesbian Separatism and Legal Positivism.” Canadian Journal of Law and

Society 13(1) (Spring 1998): 1-28.

Demczuk, Irène.

SEE entry at Des droits à reconnaître, in this section.

DeMont, John.

“Mission Accomplished: A Seven-Year Battle Gains Recognition for Gays

in Alberta.” Maclean’s [Toronto ed.], April 13, 1998, p. 56 (844 words).

Delwin Vriend case in Supreme Court of Canada.

Des droits à reconnaître: les lesbiennes face à la discrimination.

Sous la direction de Irène Demczuk; textes de Micheline Bonneau et al.

Montréal: Editions du Remue-ménage, 1998.

(214 p.; ISBN 2890911594)

Compte rendu par: Geneviève Martin, Recherches féministes

12(1) (1999): 175-178.

Desjarlais, Sylvie.

Une plus une: recherche sur la reconnaissance légale des couples de lesbiennes:

synthèse. Québec: Conseil du statut de la femme, 1998.

(6 p.; ISBN 255033583X)

SEE longer report under entry Bérubé, Guylaine, in this section.

Published also in English under title: One Plus One: A Study of the

Legal Recognition of Lesbian Couples: Synthesis.

Fisher, John, et al.

Gay and Lesbian Legal Issues and HIV/AIDS: Final Report.

Prepared for the Joint Project on Legal and Ethical Issues Raised by

HIV/AIDS. Montreal: Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network : Canadian

AIDS Society, 1998.

(ca. 175 p.; ISBN 1896735126)

Published also in French; see next entry.

Fisher, John, et al.

Questions juridiques concernant les gais et les lesbiennes dans le contexte

du VIH/sida: rapport final. Montréal: Réseau juridique canadien

VIH/sida : Société canadienne du sida, 1998.

(ca. 194 p.; ISBN 1896735134)

Publié aussi en anglais; voir Fisher au-dessus.

Gay and Lesbian Legal Issues and HIV/AIDS.

SEE entry at Fisher, John, in this section.

Graham, Erin.

“Lesbians on Birth Control: Women, Health and Medical Research.”

Kinesis, July/August 1998, p. 15.

Journal is a Vancouver Status of Women publication.

Greschner, Donna.

“The Right to Belong: The Promise of Vriend.” National Journal of

Constitutional Law 9 (Oct. 1998): 417-440.

Lahey, Kathleen A.

“Legal ‘Persons’ and the Charter of Rights: Gender, Race, and Sexuality

in Canada.” Canadian Bar Review 77 (3/4) (Sept./Dec. 1998):

402-427.

Relevant statute: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Legault, Lucie.

“La Charte québécoise interdit la discrimination fondée sur le transsexualisme;

La Presse juridique rencontre l’honorable Michèle Rivet, présidente du

Trubunal des droits de la personne.” Presse juridique 6 (13) (août 1998): 1-3.

MacDougall, Bruce.

“Silence in the Classroom: Limits on Homosexual Expression and Visibility in

Education and the Privileging of Homophobic Religious Ideology.”

Saskatchewan Law Review 61(1) (1998): 41-86.

McCarthy, Martha A., and Radbord, Joanna L.

“Family Law for Same Sex Couples: Chart(er)ing the Course.”

Canadian Journal of Family Law 15(2) (1998): 101-177.

O’Brien, Carol-Anne.

“Sexual Regulation and Ontario Social Policies in the 1990s.”

Ph.D. dissertation, University of Toronto, 1998.

(297 p.)

Québec (Province). Cour supérieure (District de Montréal).

Répertorié Québec (Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la

jeunesse) c. Québec (Procureur général): entre Commission des droits

de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse, agissant en faveur de Yves Bernard

Bleau, David Brody, André Crispin, et Réjean Lebleau [sic], et Yves-Bernard

Bleau, David Brody, André Crispin et Réjean Lebeau, requérants, et

Commission des affaires sociales, Me Jocelyn Carpentier, Me Paul Mercure

et Me Hélène Gouin, intimés, et Le Procureur général du Québec et la

Régie des rentes du Québec, mis en cause, [1998] A.Q. no 3264,

No 500-05-036134-979, Cour supérieur du Québec (Chambre civile),

District de Montréal, le juge Vaillancourt, le 13 novembre 1998: motifs de

jugement. Québec, QC: Cour supérieure du Québec (Chambre civile),

District de Montréal, 1998.

(22 f.)

Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 22995796, which notes that

“comprend du texte en anglais.”

Questions juridiques concernant les gais et les lesbiennes dans le contexte

du VIH/sida: rapport final.

Voir Fisher, John.

Smith, Miriam.

“Nationalisme et politiques des mouvements sociaux: les droits des gais et

lesbiennes et l’incidence de la Charte canadienne [des droits] au

Québec.” Politique et sociétés 17(3) (1998): 113-140.

Smith, Miriam.

“Social Movements and Equality Seeking: The Case of Gay Liberation in

Canada.” Canadian Journal of Political Science 31(2) (1998): 285-309.

“Examines the impact of the 1982 Canadian Charter of Rights and

Freedoms on social movement politics in Canada using the case of

the gay liberation movement” – abstract from America: History and

Life index.

Smithies, Roger, and Désy, Suzanne.

“Same-Sex Survivor Pensions: Where Are We Now?” Money and Family

Law 13 (Nov. 1998): 85-87.

Stychin, Carl F., 1964-

A Nation by Rights: National Cultures, Sexual Identity Politics, and the

Discourse of Rights. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 1998.

(252 p.)

Cross-cultural study of gay rights. Author educated in Canada and

U.S. and served as law clerk to Chief Justice of Canada.

[Vriend, Delwin: Excerpt from Summary and Full Text of Supreme Court Ruling

in Delwin Vriend Case]: Is the Court Usurping the Power of the Elected

Legislature; Why the Supreme Court Ruled in Favour of Delwin Vriend;

Why the Alberta Law Hasn’t Included Sexual Orientation; Supreme Court:

Alberta’s Law Must Include Gays: What Triggered This Case.”

Globe and Mail [Metro ed.], April 3, 1998, p. A17.

Compiler-supplied title proper. Several articles, all from same source

and treating same issue, have been combined into this single entry.

Young, Claire F. L.

“Spousal Status, Pension Benefits and Tax.” Canadian Labour and Employment

Law Journal 6 (1998): 435-453.

Index descriptors include: Gay rights – Cases; Gay couples – Cases.

Young, Margot.

“Change at the Margins: Eldridge v. British Columbia (AG) and Vriend v.

Alberta.” Canadian Journal of Women & the Law 10(1) (1998): 244-263.