SOCIOLOGY/ANTHROPOLOGY//
SOCIOLOGIE/ANTHROPOLOGIE:
GAY RELATIONSHIPS/GAY MARRIAGE/FAMILY
See also narrower topics that have been given emphasis within the SOCIOLOGY/
ANTHROPOLOGY section; namely, GAY PARENTS/ADOPTION/CHILD
CUSTODY; PARENTS OF GAYS/LESBIANS; and
VIOLENCE/ABUSE/HOMOPHOBIA.
Note also that the last of these includes abuse within gay relationships.
See also LAW and RELIGION sections for relevant material.
See note re marriage in introductory material at beginning of LAW section.
Additional note at time of 2008 updating of this list:
With respect to RELIGION sections, see various notes there, and
particularly the one under the “Roman Catholic” subheading, regarding indexing
policy of some denominational periodicals.
User will also note that in the years leading up to passage of same-sex
marriage legislation in 2005, the popular press was inundated with editorials,
opinion pieces, and newsnotes of various lengths and quality. Compiler has included
only some of the major items, here or in the POLITICS section (and sometimes
elsewhere), in order to provide a few signposts with respect to specific issues and
dates. The serious researcher in a narrow area might wish to draw more items from
the indexes to obtain a sharper picture. Items included in this list concerning same-
sex marriage and other issues of contemporary discussion tended to be those works
indexed in the sources searched.That set was reduced further to a subset of works
generally of substantial length and prominent placement within a publication (on the
front page of a newspaper, e.g.)
Actes du
colloque Parentalité gaie et lesbienne: famille en marge?
Montréal, PQ:
Association canadienne pour la santé mentale, Filiale de
Montréal, 2001.
(129 p.; ISBN
2921948176)
“Textes
présentés lors d’un colloque tenu à l’Université du
Québec
à Montréal les 1er et 2 mars 2001….Comprend du texte
en anglais….Publ[ié] en collab[oration]
avec: Alliance de recherche
IREF/Relais-femmes” – OCLC catalog note,
accession no. 48468824.
Adam, Barry D.
“Age Preferences among Gay and Bisexual Men.” GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian
and Gay Studies [Duke University Press] 6(3)(2000): 413-434.
“The study…relies on interviews with 102 men who have sex
with men….They were recruited through advertisements in the
gay press, appeals made at meetings of gay organizations, and
leaflets
distributed at gay bars in three
recruited
[primarily] from the
areas” – from “Research design” section of online version of paper.
Barry
D. Adam is at the
Much of Adam’s research and writing, including his excellent overview,
The Rise of a Gay and Lesbian Movement (Twayne Publishers, 1995) is
international in scope and has, thus, for the most part, not been included in
this bibliography (although the compiler may very well have missed some
items that would be relevant). Please see Adam’s publications list,
available, as of Jan. 20, 2003, at
www.cs.uwindsor.ca/users/a/adam/pub.htm
.
Adam, Barry D.
“Care, Intimacy, and Same-sex Partnership in the 21st Century.”
Current Sociology 52(2) (2004): 265-279.
Adam, Barry D.
“Relationship Innovation in Male Couples.” In The Sexual Self: The
Construction of Sexual Scripts,
pp. 122-140. Michael Kimmel.
Ref.: PsycINFO index, which provides abstract and notes that the
“paper reports on a set of men who have entered into relationships of
a year or more” and that “at the time of the interviews…same-sex
relationships had become part of a public debate around legal
recognition….In
legal ‘common-law’ status….”
NOTE: Adam article of same title in Sexualities 9(1) (2006): 5-26.
“
Alderson, Kevin G.
“A Phenomenological Investigation of Same-sex Marriage.” Canadian Journal of
Human Sexuality 13(2) (Summer 2004): 107-122.
Ref.: PsycINFO index, which provides abstract noting that the “study
is based on interviews with 43 individuals, representing 22 married or
soon-to-be-married couples living on three continents.”
Allard, Serge.
“Effets
civils et organisation conventionelle de l’union homosexuelle.”
Les
Cahiers de droit [Québec] 26(2) (juin 1985): 451-470.
“Bref
tour d’horizon de quelques notions de droit civil québécois
portant sur les effets principaux de
l’état de non-mariage du couple
homosexuel et sur le cadre juridique
d’une éventuelle organisation
conventionelle efficiente” – Repère
résumé.
Allen,
Carol.
“Who Gets To Be Family: Some Thoughts on the Lesbian and Gay Fight for
Equality.” In And Still We Rise: Feminist Political Mobilization in
Contemporary
Women’s Press, 1993.
Allen, Douglas W., and Richards, John, eds.
It Takes Two:
The Family in Law and Finance.
1999. (Policy study no. 33)
(220 p.; Microlog no. 99-03241, 3 fiche)
Broader than scope of this bibliography. Essays discuss a range of
issues regarding law and the family, taxes and fiscal issues. One of the
topics is “arguments for and against homosexual marriage” – abstract
from Canadian Research Index.
Ambert, Anne-Marie.
Same-sex Couples and
Same-sex-parent Families: Relationships, Parenting and
Issues of Marriage. Rev. ed.;
(22 p.)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 33363034.
Earlier (2003) edition: AMICUS catalogue record no. 28606981.
American Civil Liberties
Project.
“Frequently Asked Questions about
Marriage in
Same-sex Couples.” c2006.
http://www.aclu.org/getequal/rela/canada.html (viewed
Note: this has been prepared for Americans considering a Canadian
marriage.
Amiel, Barbara.
“Same-Sex
Marriage Is OK.” Maclean’s [
(972 words).
Opinion piece.
Amiel, Barbara.
“Wish I’d Been There. Why Would Any Liberal Society Want to Deny Same-sex
Marriage?” Maclean’s,
Amiel writes opinion
pieces for Maclean’s
“And the Bride Wore…” Esprit de Corps 12(7) (July 2005): 18 (232 words)
Ref.: CPI.Q index, which notes that this concerns Canadian Forces’
first same-sex marriage.
Anderssen, Erin.
“Doing
June,
the
Globe and Mail [Metro ed.], December 13, 2003, p. F5.
Profile of three jurists, Chief Justice Roy McMurtry, Madam
Justice Eileen Gillese, and Mr. Justice James MacPherson.
Arnup, K.
“Does the Word ‘Lesbian’ Mean Anything to You?: Lesbians Raising
Daughters.” In Redefining Motherhood: Changing Identities and
Patterns, pp. 59-68. Edited by Sharon Abbey and Andrea O’Reilly.
From
conference, September 1997,
Arnup, Katherine.
“In the Family Way:
Lesbian Mothers in
Critical Policies and Changing Practices, pp. 80-97.
Edited by Meg Luxton.
Arnup, Kathy.
“Lesbian Mothers and
Child Custody.” Atkinson Review of
Canadian Studies,
1(2) (Spring 1984):
pagination not known.
Ref.: Kinsman, Regulation of Desire, 2nd ed.
Arnup, Katherine.
“Out in This World: The Social and Legal Context of Gay and Lesbian Families.”
Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services 10(1) (1999): 1-25.
“Focus is on the changing legal treatment of lesbian & gay families
in
the
Aronson, Jane.
“Lesbians Giving and Receiving Care: Stretching Conceptualizations of
Caring and Community.” Women’s Studies International Forum 21(5)
(Sept.-Oct. 1998): 505-519.
Study
of 15 lesbians in urban southern
cared for by other lesbians in the context of partnerships, friendships,
& community networks…” – from Sociological Abstracts.
Aster, Andrea Zoe.
“…and the Grooms Wore Pink.” Marketing Magazine 109 (17)
(
Ref.: CPI.Q index.
Auger, Lucien, 1933-
Vivre
heureux à deux: manuel pratique de survie et de croissance du couple.
St.-Hilaire,
Québec: Centre interdisciplinaire de Montréal, 1993.
(167 p.; ISBN 2920632116)
Included because Bibliothèque nationale du Québec has added subject
heading “Couples homosexuels” to other more general ones.
Bailey, Martha J.
Marriage and Marriage-Like Relationships. Submitted to Susan Zimmerman by
Martha Bailey.
http://collection.nlc-bnc.ca/100/200/301/lcc-cdc/marriage_marriage-like-e/index.html
(viewed February 14, 2002).
Issued also in French under title: Le mariage et les unions libres (in above
URL substitute “marriage-like-f” for “marriage-like-e” for French).
Refs.: AMICUS catalogue record nos. 25918107 (English) and
25918151 (French)
Bala, Nicholas.
“
Family Law 32(2) (1993): 269-280.
Broader than scope of this bibliography, but includes discussion of
same-sex relationships with respect to Canadian courts.
Bala, Nicholas.
“The Evolving Definition of the Family.” Policy Options 16(10) (Dec. 1995): 3-7.
Broader, but treats gay issues.
“BC [
ed.], October 4, 2001, pp.
A1, A13.
Beaulieu, Carole.
“Papa et papa
convolent! L’Actualité, 15 avril
2002, pp. 18-22.
“Entretien avec le ministre de la
Justice, Paul Bégin, sur son
projet de loi qui permettra aux
couples de même sexe de s’unir
civilement et d’adopter des
enfants…” – Repère résumé.
Bereznai, Steven.
Gay
and Single – Forever? : 10 Things Every Gay Guy Looking for Love
(and Not Finding It) Needs to
Know.
(247 p.; ISBN 97815692435645 and 1569243565)
Ref.:
Pride 2007,” at which there is the following annotation:
“With perceptive insight and thorough historical research,
Bereznai (currently
editor of
what it means to be a single gay man in the age of seemingly
compulsory gay coupledom.”
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)
Bibliography:
pp. 83-94.
Black, Debra.
“Lesbians Hope
Walk up
Aftermath of Two
Weddings Today Will Be Closely Watched.”
Sunday Star
[
Marriages of Elaine and Anne Vautour, a lesbian couple, and
Kevin Bourassa and Joe Varnell, a gay couple, at Metropolitan
tradition of reading the banns of marriage was revived to offer a
legal wedding service. There was a considerable amount of media
coverage of this matter in the preceding weeks and months. See
also the John Nicol article, elsewhere in this section.
The Sunday Star is the Sunday edition of the Toronto Star newspaper.
Black, Debra.
“Two Gay Couples Make History; Gay Vows Covered Like a Royal
Wedding.”
Marriage of lesbian couple, Elaine and Anne Vautour, and gay couple,
Joe Varnell and Kevin Bourassa by senior pastor, the Rev. Brent Hawkes,
of the
“Local and national media were joined by international organizations
such
as Agence
Newsweek, Ms. Magazine, Salon Magazine, Mother Jones, a
Japanese television crew and even the Christian Broadcast Network”
(p.
A8). The article points out that “courts
in
involving civil marriage. And later this year [2001], the article continues,
the
who are seeking the civil right to marry” (p. A8).
“Fighting for the ‘Family’ Name: A Socio-Legal Analysis of the Canadian
Response to Same-Sex Families in the Charter Era.” MA thesis,
Queen’s University, 1995.
(105 p.)
Blair, Karen Lyndsay.
“Perceived Social Support for Relationships as a Predictor of Mental and
Physical Health in Same-sex and Other-sex Relationships.” M.Sc. thesis,
(115 leaves)
Broader than scope of this list.
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 33904004, which applies descriptors
Gay couples and Lesbian couples as well as Man-woman relationships.
Bolton,
“Double Takes and Mazel Tovs.” Broadside: A Feminist Review 8(3)
(Jan. 1987): 6.
Jewish lesbian wedding.
Booth, Duane, and
Reeves, Scott.
Partners: A New
Financial Reality for Gay Couples. Burlington, Ont.:
Reeves Financial
Services, Inc., 2003.
(84 p.; ISBN 0973152206)
Ref.:
amazon.com Web site.
Bourassa, Kevin.
“Love and the Lexicon of Marriage.” Feminism & Psychology 14(1)
(February 2004): 57-62.
Ref.: PsycINFO index.
Bourassa, Kevin, and Varnell, Joe.
Just
Married: Gay Marriage and the Expansion of Human Rights.
Doubleday
Review: Globe and Mail [Metro. ed.], May 25/02, p.D2; Excerpt: p.D3,
D12.
See
also French translation: Gays, gays,
marions-nous! (Éditions
internationales
Alain Stanké, c2003)(ISBN 2760408736)
Boyd, Susan.
“Family, Law and
Sexuality: Feminist Engagements.” Social
& Legal Studies
8(3)(1999): 369-390.
Looks
at politics of attempts to gain spousal recognition for
gay
and lesbian relationships.
Bozett, F. W.
“Gay Father
Families.” In The Cutting Edge of
Family Nursing, pp. 67-80.
Edited by Janice M.
Bell, Wendy L. Watson, and
Faculty of Nursing?],
c1990.
Paper
presented at the First International Family Nursing
Conference, Calgary, Alta., May
1988.
Brown,
Nicola Ruth.
“Queer Women Partners of Female-to-male Transsexuals: Renegotiating
Self in Relationships.” Ph.D. dissertation,
(267 leaves)
Ref.: PsycINFO index, which provides abstract and notes that
“researcher interviewed twenty
queer-identified women in
and the
transition of an FTM partner.”
Browne, Kelvin.
“Will the Tories Force Me To Marry? The Notion of Gay Marriage Makes Me
Squirm. As a Gay Man, You’d Think
I’d Welcome an
Commit to Someone.” Globe & Mail [
Ref.: CPI.Q index.
Bull, Chris.
“Northern Enlightenment:
Comes to Equal
Recognition of Gay and Lesbian Relationships.”
The Advocate,
September 17, 2002, p. 23 (3).
Ref.:
as given in Expanded Academic ASAP electronic index,
January
29, 2003. Exception made here in
including article from
a gay/lesbian newsmagazine. This is a major American publication.
Cameron, Angela.
“Regulating the Queer Family: The
Assisted Human Reproduction Act (
Canadian Journal of Family Law 24(1) (Spring 2008): 101-121.
Profile of Canadian
Families and Households: Diversification Continues,
2001Census = Profil des familles et des ménages canadiens: la diversification se
poursuit, Recensement de 2001.
Electronic document released October 22,
2002. Catalogue no.
96f0030xie2001003 (for English); 96f0030xif2001003 (for French).
As of January 6, 2003, to access, do the
following:
Go to Statistics Canada web site at www.statcan.ca ;
Choose language access desired, clicking on ENGLISH or FRENCH bar;
Enter catalogue number corresponding with language chosen and
click
on “Go” (in French, “Aller”);
Choose, from the several retrievals obtained, the citation that is given
above, and click to open;
Examine the displayed abstract for reference to possible additional
relevant items and then click on the “View the product” bar (in French,
“Visualisez le produit” bar);
Click on highlighted “
Then click on (or scroll through to) “Same-sex common-law
couples:….”
(in French, this section is titled “Couples de même sexe en union
libre:….”);
Note also at the end of this section the entries for tabular data, giving
breakdown of same-sex common-law couples by province/territory and by
CMA (i.e., “cities,” essentially). Click on the TABLE icons to examine
these.
Media reports appeared around time of this
Statistics Canada release.
One such, in electronic version of the Globe and Mail, October
22, 2002,
was titled “Census Gives First Count of Same-Sex Couples” and provided
brief reference to comparative data from the USA and New Zealand.
“Canadians Evaluate the Right to Same Sex Marriage: Detailed Tables.”
(469 p. in various pagings + 1 CD-ROM; Canadiana no. 20067005160)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 31284379, which notes that
the firm Ipsos-Reid is connected with this work and that the CD-ROM
has “identical information as printed copy.” Note gives also:
“
Casswell, Donald G.
“Same-sex Marriage: Equality for Lesbian and Gay People.”
The Advocate [Vancouver Bar Association] 62 (Sept. 2004): 709-722.
Ref.: Index to Canadian Legal Literature
Cere, Daniel, and Farrow, Douglas, eds.
Divorcing Marriage: Unveiling the
Dangers in
by McGill-Queen’s University Press, c2004.
(193 p.; ISBNs 0773528946 and 0773528954)
Ref. : AMICUS catalogue record no. 30492744. Descriptors concern
same-sex marriage.
Book review : Daniel James Mol, Canadian Journal of Family Law
21(2) (2005): 349-355.
Also in French translation under title : Le mariage attaqué (Montréal:
Editions des Oliviers, c2005; ISBN 2923378032; AMICUS no. 31529120)
“Changing Canada’s Family Portrait: Gays, Single Parents Are Challenging
Traditional Values.” Globe and Mail [Metro ed.], May 27, 1995, p. A1, A8.
Chartrand, Elise, et Julien,
Danielle.
“Intégration
du couple gai et lesbien dans son réseau social et ajustement
conjugal.” Science et comportement 25(1) (1996):
39-54.
Chidwick,
Ann, 1933-
Gay Male and Lesbian Partner Program:
Facilitators Manual.
King City, Ont.: A.D.
Chidwick, 2002.
(95 leaves; ISBN
0969785623)
See
also following Chidwick entry for Participant Workbook.
Chidwick, Ann, 1933-
Gay Male and Lesbian
Partner Program: Participant Workbook.
King City, Ont.:
A.D.Chidwick, 2002.
(33 leaves; ISBN
0969785631)
See
also preceding Chidwick entry for Facilitators Manual.
Christensen, Sally.
“Family Definition, Family Identity: Processes in the Lesbian Stepfamily.”
Ph.D. dissertation, University of Guelph, 1999.
(142 p.)
Coffey, David.
“No June Wedding for Me.” Maclean’s [Toronto ed.], June 5, 2000, p. 12
(636 words)
Coles, Peter.
“Tax Implications of a Same-Sex Relationship.” Canadian Moneysaver 20(8)
(April 2001): 31-32.
“Congratulations.” Esprit de Corps 12(7) (July 2005) : 42 (200 words)
Ref.: CPI.Q index, which adds note about first same-sex marriage
in a military chapel.
“Conjoints de même sexe et avantages
sociaux: font-ils bon ménage?”
Assurances
64(1) (avril 1996): 157-164.
“Les
règles fiscales canadiennes relatives à la reconnaissance des
conjoints
du même sexe; l’impact de ces règles sur le coût des régimes
privés
de retraite et d’assurance collective pour les employeurs” –
Repère résumé.
“Controversial Bills
Unlikely to Get Passed, Boudria Says: Same-Sex Marriage,
Decriminalizing Pot
Expected to Be Handed to Martin Regime.”
Globe and Mail [Metro ed.], September 13, 2003, p. A7.
Cotler, Irwin.
“Marriage in
44(1) (January 2006): 60-73.
Ref.: PsycINFO
index, which notes in abstract that “[o]n
the Canadian Civil Marriage Act became law….This article briefly traces
the distinctive juridical factors that have contributed to the legislation….”
Couldwell, Margo G.
“Toward an Understanding of Lesbian & Gay Male Relationships.”
M.S.W. major paper, University of British Columbia, 1984.
(ca. 81 leaves)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 23166836.
“Court Ruling Favours
Gay Marriage.” Toronto Star,
September 6, 2002, n.p.
Quebec Superior Court ruling, echoing July
2002 Ontario court ruling,
for which latter see Huffman
article, below.
Citation from electronic version of
article, accessed Sept. 12, 2002.
See also article by Nelson Wyatt, “Court Supports Same-Sex Unions,”
Globe and Mail, September 7, 2002, p. A9, which appears to be a
somewhat abbreviated form of the article as it appeared in the Toronto
Star. The Globe and Mail citation is also based on electronic
version of article, accessed September 12, 2002.
See also related article, “Feds to Appeal Quebec Gay Marriage Ruling,”
Toronto Star, September 9, 2002, n.p., accessed online September 12,
2002, and earlier “Montreal Same-Sex Wedding a First for Times,”
Globe and Mail [Metro ed.], Sept. 02, 2002, p. A6.
“Court to Handle Same-sex Bill Its Way: Decision Viewed as Signalling Judges Refuse
to be Rushed.” Globe and Mail [Metro ed.], August 2, 2003, p. A4.
Concerning Supreme Court of Canada and federal government
on issue of same-sex marriage.
Coyne, Andrew.
“How Far Do We Take Gay Rights? If We Really Believe in Equal Rights,
We Should Be Welcoming Gay Marriage and Adoption.”
Saturday Night, December 1995/January 1996, pp. 66-75.
Crane, Dede, and Moore, Lisa, eds.
Great Expectations: Twenty-four
True Stories about Childbirth.
2008.
One story, by Anne Fleming, “gives a witty account of picking a donor
from a sperm-bank catalogue to artificially inseminate her partner Cindy,
and includes a lovely twist on how families expand” -- review by Zsuzsi
Gartner, Globe
and Mail [
Currie, Andrea Margaret.
“Being and Bespeaking Kin: Experiences of Family in the Lives of Bisexual,
Lesbian, and Gay Adults.” M.Ed. thesis, Acadia University, 1998.
(325 p.)
Deleury, Edith.
“L’union
homosexuelle et le droit de la famille.”
Les Cahiers de droit 25 (1984):
751-776.
Demczuk,
Irène.
Deux:
un droit au coeur de nos vies: la reconnaissance des conjoints et conjointes
de même sexe. Par
Irène Demczuk et Annick Gariépy. Montréal: Table de
concertation des lesbiennes et des gais du
Grand Montréal ; Coalition québécoise
pour la reconnaissance des conjoints et
conjointes de même sexe, [1999?].
(xiv, 58 p.)
Viewed
on line
http://www.france.qrd.org/texts/partnership/qc/au_coeur.pdf
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue no. 26783875, where pagination is given as
xiv, 58, 13 p.
NOTE: The 13 additional pages mentioned in the Amicus record appear
not to be available at the Web site given above, where the document
comprises xiv, 58 p.
Demczuk, Irène, et al.
Recognition of Lesbian Couples: An Inalienable Right. Ottawa, Ont.: Status of
Women Canada, 2001.
(pagination not known; ISBN 0662312813)
Issued also in French under title: La
reconnaissance des couples de
lesbiennes. Available on the World Wide Web, according to AMICUS
record; no URL given.
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue
record nos. 26168953
and 26224275.
Demont, John.
“Partners in Parenting.” Maclean’s,
Ref.: CPI.Q index, which notes “same-sex couples.”
Denike, Margaret.
“Religion, Rights, and Relationships: The Dream of Relational Equality.”
Hypatia 22(1) (Winter 2007): 71-91.
Ref.: CSA Sociological Abstracts, which provides abstract and notes
that the “essay provides an analysis of the terms by which the question
of extending civil marriage to same-sex couples has been posed, advanced,
& resisted in
“Des
professeurs de droit signent une letter ouverte à l’honorable Stephen Harper
concernant
sa position sur le mariage des conjoints de même sexe.”
[
Ref. : AMICUS catalogue record no. 32414393, which is for work in
electronic format. Compiler was unable to retrieve from given URL
on
version of this item. Included to alert user who might be interested in
pursuing further.
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.
“Do Lesbians Have More Fun?” Chatelaine, April 1995, p. 46 (699 words).
Enriched title: Lesbian Relationships Have the Same Problems
as Straight Relationships.
Duder, Karen.
“The Spreading Depths: Lesbian and Bisexual Women in English Canada,
1910-1965.” Ph.D. dissertation, University of Victoria, 2001.
(460 p.)
Ref.: Proquest Digital Dissertations
database.
Dundas, Susan, and Kaufman, Miriam.
“The Toronto Lesbian Family Study.” Journal of Homosexuality 40(2)
(2000): 65-79.
“Twenty-seven lesbian mothers completed standardized tools…followed
by a videotaped interview” –from Sociological Abstracts summary.
Epstein, Rachel.
“Lesbian Families.” In Voices: Essays on Canadian Families, pp. 107-130.
Edited by Marion Lynn. Scarborough, Ont.: Nelson Canada, 1996.
“Equal Marriage for Same-Sex Couples.”
SEE website www.samesexmarriage.ca (accessed January 30, 2004).
This site carries the Barbeau (British Columbia), Halpern (Ontario),
and Hendricks (Québec) rulings referenced in the LAW section
and provides other related information.
Famille et qualité de vie des gais
et lesbiennes: recueil de textes du séminaire
du
6 mars 1998. Montréal: Association
canadienne pour la santé mentale,
Filiale
de Montréal, 1998.
(129
p.; ISBN 2921948044)
Farrow,
Nation of Bastards: Essays on the End of Marriage. Douglas Farrow;
forward [sic] by William D.
Gairdner.
(116 p.)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 33903008, which assigns
descriptors Same-sex marriage -- Religious aspects – Christianity and
Same-sex marriage -- Law
and legislation –
Fisher, John, et al.
Outlaws & Inlaws: Your Guide
to LGBT Rights, Same-sex Relationships
and
Canadian Law.
(1 vol., various pagings; ISBN 097344570X)
Foschi, Martha, and Freeman, Sabrina.
“Inferior Performance, Standards and Influence in Same-Sex Dyads.”
Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science 23(1) (Jan. 1991): 99-113.
Foster, Deborah.
“The Formation and Continuance of
Lesbian Families in
Canadian Bulletin of Medical History 22(2) (2005): 281-297.
Ref.:
“[e]xplores how lesbian
families have formed and grown in
since the 1970’s…[and] includes information on lesbians’ and their
families’ experiences with the medical profession.” Issues of reproductive
technologies and adoption also discussed.
Foster, Deborah Alice Emily.
“Growing a Family? : The Experiences of Planned Two-mother Families.”
Ph.D. dissertation,
(208 p.; ISBN 9780494139714)
“This study used heuristic inquiry to explore what family means to
planned two-mother
families in
intact, planned, two-mother families to tell their family stories and
draw pictures of their family….” –from abstract, ProQuest
Dissertations & Theses, ProQuest document ID 1144187121;
Publication no. AAT NR13971.
Friesen, Joe.
“First Gay Divorce Granted.” Globe & Mail [
Frum, David.
“How Far Do We Take Gay Rights? Any Serious Attempt to Promote Marriage
as an Institution Excludes Nearly Every Item on the Gay-Rights Agenda.”
Saturday Night, December 1995/January 1996, pp. 67-75.
Frum, David.
“What’s Right.” National Review 55(13)(
Fumia, Doreen Mary.
“Normalized Family Discourses Interrupted: Once Married Mother-Lesbians.”
MA thesis, University of Toronto, 1997.
(113 p.)
Furtado, Lucia.
“Courtship in the Personals: How Relationship Goals Affect Signaling Patterns.”
M.A. thesis, Concordia University, 2000. (103 p.)
“…content analysis of 407 personal advertisements by gay men…” – from
ProQuest Digital Dissertations abstract.
Galloway, Gloria.
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[
Ref.: CPI.Q index.
Galloway, Gloria.
“Same-sex Marriage File Closed for Good, PM Says: Tory Attempt to Restore
Traditional Definition [of Marriage] Fails in House; Social Conservatives Cry
Foul as Harper Declares Debate
Over.” Globe & Mail [
Compiler note: This concerns vote brought by Conservatives in
House of Commons in attempt to reopen debate on same-sex marriage. The
Civil Marriage Act became law in mid-2005 (see LAW – Year 2005
section for reference and comments)
SEE
this
annotation.
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June 8, 2002, pp. A1, A7.
Bill 84; also Civil Code amended so gay partners can enter into ‘civil union.’
“Gay Couples Take Marriage Fight to
Court.” Globe and Mail [Metro ed.],
July 23, 2001, pp. A1, A4.
Ref.: CBCA electronic index.
British Columbia case; persons named as subjects : Dave Shortt and Shane
McCloskey.
“Gay Couples Wed with Pride: Toronto City Hall Extends Weekend Hours to
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June 28, 2003, p. A5.
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(550 words).
Ontario Court of Appeal ruling on November 26, 2004 gives “any
member of same-sex union whose partner died after 1985” same
Canada Pension Plan benefits as heterosexual widower. Earlier
ruling by Ontario Superior Court in December 2003 upheld (see, e.g.,
Toronto Star, December 20, 2003, p. A8, for report on that ruling in class
action suit). “It is expected the Justice Department will continue the legal
battle because of
the high stakes in the case.” –quotations from Calgary
Herald electronic article cited.
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Kent Roach, University of Toronto law professor, says that
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Five-paragraph newsnote concerning some data from the 2006 Canadian
census, which was the first census in which “gays and lesbian couples were
specifically polled on their marital status.” Provides some statistics on
same-sex
marriages as reported in various parts of
notes data from the Statistics Canada publication “Family Portrait:
Continuity and Change in Canadian Families and Households in 2006.”
Gershbain, Nikki.
“Same-Sex Marriage: Why Catching the Bouquet Will Make You Straight.”
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Giese, Rachel.
“What Unbearable Means: Infertility and Other Misconceptions.”
This Magazine 37(4) (January-February 2004): 30+ (5 pages)
Concerns a lesbian couple; personal account.
Note that magazine is sometimes referred to as This in indexing.
Gillespie, Sharon Lynn.
“Toward an Understanding of Family Relationships for HIV-Positive Gay
Couples.” MSN thesis, University of Western Ontario, 1996.
(124 p.)
“Implications of findings for nurses on a personal and professional
level have been discussed” –abstract from Canadian Research Index.
Girard, Daniel.
“Award Deeply Divides Ryerson : ‘Some People Are Hurt by Some of My
Views,’ Says Ethicist Who Opposes
Same-sex Marriage….”
Compiler note: Margaret
Somerville,
was
awarded an honourary degree by
on
in the queer community, because of views held by her.
The
interested user can examine references at
section, for two of her works.
There was other coverage in the general media, of which this article is
only one example.
Gobrogge, Kyle L., et al.
“Homosexual Mating Preferences from an Evolutionary Perspective: Sexual
Selection Theory Revisited.” Archives of Sexual Behavior 36(5) (Oct. 2007):
717-723.
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“[p]articipants included 439 homosexual and 365 heterosexual men
who placed internet ads
in the
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Canadian Social Work Review 20(2) (2003): 259-271.
“Graham Pleads with Liberals to Uphold
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[
Ref.: CPI.Q index.
Bill Graham, Minister of Foreign Affairs; results of Canadian opinion
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This is a
Two British professors, Celia Kitzinger and Susan Wilkinson, married
in
British High Court refused petitioner Susan Wilkinson’s application for
declaration of her marital status and found that “their valid Canadian
marriage is, in
Ref.: CSA Sociological Abstracts.
Harris, Joanna.
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Canadian Woman Studies 24(2-3) (Winter-Spring 2005): 43+ (7 pages)
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Hauschildt, Jordan.
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Gargoyle is the student newspaper of University College, University
of Toronto.
Hausknecht, Murray.
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how same-sex marriage can regulate sex in order to prevent…promiscuity
among homosexuals” and
gives implications regarding
same-sex marriage decision.
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record no. 28298767 (3 microfiche)
Heun, Stefanie.
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3428096177)
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thesis (doctoral) – Johann Wolfgang
Goethe-Universität in
Frankfurt am Main, 1998”
Hickman, Larry A.
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Howard, J. Paul R.
“Different Rights, Different Perspectives: Observations on the Same-sex
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not resolve the larger, underlying issue of how educators and society
reconcile conflicts between religious freedoms and equality rights.”
Ref.: ERIC document no. EJ 679154
Howard-Hassmann, Rhoda E.
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Belief Systems.” Human Rights Quarterly 23(1) (Feb. 2001): 73-95.
“…discusses the rights of gays & lesbians to found a family & the
restrictions placed on those rights…focusing on the acceptance of gay
rights in Ontario, Canada, based on a survey of political leaders” –
from Sociological Abstracts summary.
Huffman, Tracy.
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Ontario Divisional Court decision.
Citation from electronic version accessed Sept. 12, 2002.
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Violates
Charter, ‘Inconsistent with Constitutional Values’,” Globe and
Mail [Metro ed.], July 13, 2002, pp. A1, A6; “Ottawa to Appeal Same-Sex
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Politics of Gay Marriage,” Globe and Mail [Metro ed.], July 30, 2002,
p. A12. Also, “‘Do What’s Right’ on Gay Unions, Rights Commission
Tells Ottawa,” National Post, July 26, 2002, p. A2
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Kevin Bourassa and Joe Varnell; brief interview.
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Halifax
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Janoff, Victor.
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Julien, Danielle.
Etude
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p.; ISBN 2921977044)
“Comprend
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Julien, Danielle.
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tradition
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et sociétés 29(1)
(printemps
1997): 71-81.
Julien, Danielle.
Réseau
social et qualité relationnelle du couple homosexuel: analyse de leurs
effets
sur l’incidence de conduites sexuelles à risque: rapport final.
Montréal:
Université du Québec à Montréal, Département de psychologie, 1993.
(173
p.; ISBN 2980144479)
Julien, Danielle; Arellano, Charleanea;
and Turgeon, Lyse.
“Gender Issues in Heterosexual, Gay
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In Clinical Handbook of Marriage and Couples Interventions, pp. 107-127.
Edited
by W. Kim Halford et al. Chichester, England: John Wiley,
1997.
Author affiliation: Université du Québec à
Montréal.
Julien, Danielle; Chartrand, Elise; and Begin, Jean.
“Social Networks, Structural Interdependence, and Conjugal Adjustment in
Heterosexual,
Gay, and Lesbian Couples.” Journal of
Marriage and the
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Julien, Danielle, et al.
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Kaffko, Karen.
“Life Stress, Self-Disclosure and Family Support: A Study of Lesbians and
Gay Men’s Perceptions of Their Families.” EDD dissertation,
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(201 p.)
“To examine the relationship between sexual orientation disclosure,
family dynamics and the supportive use of family” –abstract from
Canadian Research Index.
Khanna, Suneel.
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Ref. : CPI.Q index.
Kirby, Sandra L.
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Lahey, Kathleen Ann, and Alderson, Kevin.
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c2004.
(380 p.; ISBN 1894663632)
International in scope, but including Canadian developments.
Lamarre,
Michel.
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successions, pp. 335-343.
Cowansville,
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applied descriptor is Homosexuels – Mariage –
Québec (Province).
Lapointe, Guy, and McCutcheon, Laurent.
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question. Sous la direction de
Guy
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(69
p.; ISBN 2895075174)
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29323157
Larocque,
Sylvain.
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(337 p. ; ISBN
289077290X)
Ref. : AMICUS catalogue record no. 31672707;
AMICUS record 33922947 is for electronic format of the work.
Published in English
translation as: Gay Marriage (
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Lash,
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Ref.:
is 1960’s-2005.
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Ref.: Index to Canadian Legal Literature.
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1-23.
Legislation: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Ref.: Index to Canadian Legal Literature.
Lee, John A.
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143-168.
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“Marrying Citizens!: Raced Subjects?: Re-thinking the Terrain of Equal
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Ref.: Index to Canadian Legal Literature, where descriptors include
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Lepage, Mario; Essiembre, Lucie; et
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“Variations
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L’Infirmière
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“Regard
particulier sur la famille homosexuelle…” – Repère résumé.
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Illuminated Manuscript. Halifax, N.S.: Nova Scotia Advisory Council
on the Status of Women, 1996.
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with individuals and small groups involving 46 lesbians from urban
and rural areas” – abstract from Canadian Research Index.
Lévy, Joseph J., et al.
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qui ont des rapports sexuels avec d’autres hommes.”
Service social 45(1) (1996): 121-135.
Li, Francis.
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Photographs by Francis Li; stories contributed by the couples and compiled by
David Bonyun.
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Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record nos. 33702145 and 27867706. The latter
AMICUS record gives
Lipton, Mark.
“Commentary: Queer comes the Bride.” Canadian Journal of Communication
31 (4) (2006): 937-945.
Comments on gay marriage. Author uses two video texts, by Su Friedrich
and by Charissa King, to help him explore his own opinions on the
subject.
Lithwick, Dahlia.
“54 [degrees] 40’
or Wed! The
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Love, Myron.
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(403 words)
Michael Levenson; Winnipeg; gay marriage.
Love, Myron.
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Concerning Michael Levenson.
Luce,
Jacquelyne Marie, 1971-
“Queer Conceptions: Lesbian/Bi/Queer Women, Assisted Reproduction and the
Politics of Kinship.” Ph.D. thesis,
(282 leaves)
Refs.:
AMICUS catalogue record no. 28583410, which omits the “Bi” portion
of subtitle.
AMICUS record notes that the “dissertation is about lesbian/bisexual/
queer women’s experiences of assisted reproduction. It is based on
ethnographic fieldwork, including interviews with 80 women living
in various regions,
cities and communities of
Thesis was done in the Graduate Programme in Social Anthropology.
Lunman, Kim.
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pp. A1, A8 (751 words)
Lunman, Kim.
“Tory MP Says Gays Should ‘Shut Up’ about Marriage.” Globe & Mail
[
Ref.: CPI.Q index.
MacDonald, Brian J.
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Author affiliation: University of Ottawa.
MacDougall, Bruce.
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235-267.
MacQueen, Ken.
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the Site of Fierce Opposition to Any Redefinition of Marriage.” Maclean’s,
Makin, Kirk.
“Lesbian Divorcees Speak Out on a Brief, Broken Marriage.”
Globe & Mail [
Martens, Cynthia.
Recognition of Rights and Obligations in Same Sex Relationships.
Edmonton, Alta.: Alberta Law Reform Institute, 2002.
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Mathy, Robin M.; Kerry, Shelly K.; and Lehmann, Barbara A.
“Mental Health Implications of Same-sex Marriage: Influences of Sexual
Orientation and Relationship Status
in
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Ref.: PsycINFO index, which includes abstract.
McClain, Linda C.
“The Evolution –Or End—of Marriage? : Reflections on the Impasse over
Same-sex Marriage.” Family Court Review 44(2) (April 2006): 200-208.
Ref.: PsycINFO
index, which notes that “
samesex marriage suggests that impasse need not be inevitable” and
comments on one source of the American impasse.
Mendelsohn, Matthew.
“Same-Sex Solitudes: Young Canadians Support Same-Sex Marriage But Don’t
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Mills, Jonathan.
Love, Covenant and Meaning: Why Liberals and Conservatives
Are Conspiring to
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1997.
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Author an instructor at Vancouver’s Regent College, a Christian
evangelically-oriented institution.
See Bob Bettson, “Gay-Straight Marriages Proposed,” Anglican Journal,
May 1998, pp. 1, 3 for discussion of book and opposition to it from liberals
and conservatives.
Mills, Josephine, and Armstrong, Leila.
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31(4) (2006): 947-952.
Comments of two women who have been together for some long time.
Mitchell, Jan Melissa.
“Staying Well Together: Social Support and Well-Being among Lesbian Couples
in Manitoba.” M.A. thesis, University of Manitoba, 2001.
(162 p.)
Note also: electronic “Executive Summary” of an item of same title at:
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This summary document appears on the site of the Prairie Women’s Health
Centre of Excellence, Winnipeg.
Moore, Benoît.
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Canadian Journal of Family Law 20(1) (2003): 57-97.
Ref.: CBCA index.
Mossop, Brian.
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Canadian Dimension 27(4) (July/Aug. 1993): 12-16.
Myers, Margaret Elizabeth.
“Quest for Balm in
Members with Relatives Who Have ‘Come Out’ As Lesbian or Gay.”
M.Th. thesis,
“…a study between September 2005 and March 2006 that explored the
disclosure experiences of church affiliated relatives of lesbians and gays in
their mainline church communities….”
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 33666433.
Note similar title as Myers entry in collection listed under
RELIGION
–
Nadeau,
Jean Benoît, et Barlow, Julie.
“Le
Canada ouvre le placard : en permettant le mariage entre personnes de
même
sexe, le Canada fait œuvre de pionnier en matière de droits. Mais au jour
le
jour, comment ça se passe? Petit tour d’horizon par un couple hétéro qui a mis
à l’épreuve ses propres idées reçues. ” L’Actualité, 31(12) (août 2006) : 26+
(5 pages; cover story)
Ref. : CPI.Q index, which indicates that this is cover story.
“A New Diversity: Economic and Social Forces Are Changing the Face of the
Modern Canadian Family.” Maclean’s [Toronto ed.], June 20, 1994,
pp. 34-35 (1372 words).
Broader than scope of this bibliography, but includes material on lesbians.
Nicol, John.
“Marriage Vows: Canada’s Gays and Lesbians Are Mounting a Strong Fight
for the Legal Right to Be Wed.” Maclean’s, December 25, 2000/January 1,
2001, pp. 100, 102.
There is information in this two-page article on the highly-publicized
issue of reading the banns of marriage for Anne and Elaine Vautour,
a lesbian couple, and Kevin Bourassa and Joe Varnell, a gay couple,
prior to their January 14, 2001, marriage at Metropolitan Community
Church, Toronto. Article includes color photos of the couples and
of senior pastor, the Rev. Brent Hawkes. See also elsewhere in this
section for two articles, entered under “Black, Debra,” above.
O’Brien, Carole-Anne, and Weir, Lorna.
“Lesbians
and Gay Men Inside and Outside Families.”
In Canadian Families:
Diversity, Conflict and Change, pp. 111-139. Edited by Nancy Mandell
and Ann Duffy. Toronto: Harcourt Brace Canada, 1994.
Canadian Families appeared in 2nd ed., c2000. Compiler did
not examine.
“Organizing God’s Army against Equal Rites:
James Dobson, an Evangelist Preacher
Credited by Many as a Main Force in the
Re-election of U.S. President George W.
Bush, Is Turning His Ministry’s Sights on
Canada….” Globe and Mail
[Toronto ed.], January 29, 2005, p. A9.
Dobson’s
Focus on the Family group wants to fight Canadian gay-marriage
legislation.
“Ottawa Considers Testing Same-sex Marriage Definition [concerning reference to the
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pp. A1, A4.
Owen, Michelle Kelly.
“‘We Are Family?’: The Struggle for Same-Sex Spousal Recognition in
Ontario and the Conundrum of ‘Family’.” Ph.D. dissertation, University
of Toronto, 1999.
(326 p.)
Paternotte,
David.
“L’ouverture
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modèle
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et représentation,
pp.
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l’Université Laval, 2007.
Ref. : AMICUS catalogue record no.
33421149.
Payeur,
Charles-Rafaël, 1962-
Sodome
et Gomorrhe, ou, Le droit à la différence.
Éditions Théosis, c2005.
(274 p.; ISBN 2922793044)
Ref. : AMICUS catalogue record no. 31669686, which applies the
descriptors Same-sex marriage – Religious aspects – Catholic Church
and Same-sex marriage – Religious aspects – Christianity.
Pearson, Wendy.
“Interrogating the Epistemology of the Bedroom: Same-sex Marriage and
Sexual Citizenship in
in Media and Culture 26(3) (October 2004): 136-165.
Ref.: MLA International Bibliography.
Pearson, Wendy Gay.
“Not in the Hardware Aisle, Please: Same-sex Marriage, Anti-gay Activism and
‘My Fabulous Gay Wedding’.” Ethnologies 28(2) (2006):185-211.
“My Fabulous Gay Wedding”: a Canadian reality TV show intended to be
controversial. Article “traces a number of contemporary discourses around
same-sex marriage that are illuminated…by responses to the show….” –
from abstract, America: History & Life index.
Perron,
Guillaume, 1979-
La
lutte pour le mariage de conjoints de même sexe au Canada. Montréal :
CRISES,
2007.
(49
p.; ISBN 9782896052745, 2896052747)
Series : Cahiers du Centre de recherche
sur les innovations
sociales; no. MS0704. Collection Mouvements
sociaux.
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 33408812.
Polansky, Karen.
“Lesbian Couples and Their Health: A Phenomenological Feminist Study.”
M.Sc. thesis, University of Ottawa, 2000.
(150 p.)
“The Politics of Lesbian Dating.” Globe and Mail [Metro ed.], April 15, 1996,
p. A18.
“Priests Carrying Same-sex Attack to
Pulpit.” Globe and Mail [Metro ed.],
August 2, 2003, pp. A1, A4.
Concerns Roman Catholic clergy and issue of same-sex marriage.
“Protesters Blast Same-Sex Marriage
Bill.” Globe and Mail [Metro ed.],
August 23, 2003, p. A8.
Pustil, Judith (Jude) L.
“Power in Lesbian Relationships.” MSW thesis, University of Victoria, 1997.
(202 p.)
Québec (Province). Conseil du statut
de la femme.
Commentaires
sur le projet de loi concernant les conjoints de fait de même sexe.
Recherche
et rédaction, Guylaine Bérubé. Québec:
le Conseil, 1999.
(36
p.; ISBN 255034703X)
“Quest for Rights.” Globe & Mail [
Ref.: CPI.Q index, which notes “chronology.”
“Redefining Family: Some Say Marriage Is Exclusively between a Man and a Woman,
But Others Say Marriage Can Be between Couples of the Same Sex and Is the
Logical Next Step in the
Ref.: CPI.Q index.
Renwick, Nancy.
“No Fury Like a Homosexual Scorned: Murder, Mental Illness and Shifting
Perceptions of Homosexuality in Canada, 1958-1959.” M.A. thesis,
Concordia University, 1999.
(71 leaves)
Leo Mantha and murder trial in British Columbia. See also index reference
to main section of this bibliography.
Ricard, Nathalie.
Maternités
lesbiennes. Montréal: Editions du
remue-ménage, 2001.
(189 p.; ISBN 2890911780)
Richards, Dana.
“The Other Gay Lifestyle: Enduring Couples.” Next City 3(2) (Winter 1997/98):
36-43+.
SEE ALSO entry at Rowe, Michael, in this section, for replies;
journal ISSN: 1203-293X.
Riordon, Michael, 1944-
Eating Fire : Family Life, on the Queer Side. Toronto: Between the Lines, 2001.
(pagination not known; ISBN 1896357458)
Ref.: AMICUS prepublication record no. 25416427.
Robinson, Ann.
“Lesbiennes, mariage et famille.” Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 7(2)
(1994): 393-414.
Report of a brief presented Nov. 16, 1993 to the Québec Commission
des droits de la personne. Out of the Commission’s consultations, the
report De l’illégalité à
l’égalité, listed elsewhere, was developed.
Robinson, Svend.
“Do I Take This Man?” Globe & Mail [
(574 words)
Ref.: CPI.Q index. Comment of this prominent member of the
gay community on the new ruling on same sex marriage.
Rotenberg, Lorie.
“Impact of Homophobia, Heterosexism and Closetedness on Intimacy Dynamics
in Lesbian Relationships.” Resources for Feminist Research [Ontario] 18(2)
(June 1989): 3-9.
Rowe, Carolyn J.
“Outside the Law or Legal Outsiders?: Lesbian Identity, Motherhood and
Child Custody in Canada.” MA thesis, Carleton University, 2001.
(147 p.)
Ref.: Proquest Digital Dissertations database, in which it is
stated that “the central question in this paper is what lesbian
motherhood, in the way it is constructed in law, reveals about
ideologies of motherhood in family law.”
Rowe, Michael; Hays, Matthew; Richards, Dana.
“Out, Out with ‘Enduring Couples’: Replies to ‘Enduring Couples: The Other
Gay Lifestyle’.” Next City 3(4) (Summer 1998): 5-8.
See entry at Richards, Dana, in this section, for ‘Enduring Couples’ item;
journal ISSN 1203-293X.
Roy, Alain.
“Partenariat civil et couples de même sexe: la
réponse du Québec.”
Revue juridique
Thémis 35(2001): 663-696.
Roy, Monique.
“Quand
les femmes préfèrent les femmes.” Châtelaine,
janvier 1994, pp. 47-49.
“Témoignages
de quelques lesbiennes sur leur vie affective; la question
du
mariage d’homosexuels” – Repère résumé.
Rudan, Scott.
“Gay Marriage: A Fight for Equal Rights: The Evolution of the Gay Rights
Issue.” The Gargoyle, January 25, 2001, pp. 8-9.
Gargoyle is the student newspaper of University College, University of
Toronto.
Rundle, Lisa B.
“Veiled Threat: Why Gays and Lesbians Might Not Want to Get Married After
All.” Saturday Night 116(22) (June 9, 2001): 18-19 (1007 words).
“Same-Sex Couples Win Right to Marry in
Quebec. ” Globe and Mail [Metro ed.],
March 20, 2004, p. A8
“Quebec has become the third province in which the courts allow same-sex
marriages….In a unanimous decision yesterday, the Quebec Court of
Appeal upheld a lower court ruling allowing gay marriages” – from article.
See reference to earlier 2002 Quebec court ruling in LAW, Year 2002
section of this list, at Hendricks.
“Same Sex Spousal Visits [denied by Correctional Services Canada policy].”
Canadian Human Rights Advocate 5(4) (May 1989): 9.
Sanders, Gary L.
“The Love That Dares to Speak Its Name: From Secrecy to Openness in Gay
and Lesbian Affiliations.” In Secrets in Families and Family Therapy,
pp. 215-242. Edited by Evan Imber-Black. New York: NY: W.W. Norton,
1993.
Author at University of Calgary.
Sanders, Gary L.
“Men Together: Working with Gay Couples in Contemporary Times.”
In Couples on the Fault Line: New Directions for Therapists, pp. 222-256.
New York, NY: Guilford Press, 2000.
Schlesinger, Benjamin.
“
Ref.: PsycINFO index, which provides a brief abstract. Paper is broader
than scope of this bibliography, but abstract notes that one of the
several “challenges” for Canadian families is “same-sex marriages.”
Schneider, Margaret S.
“The Relationships of Cohabiting Lesbian and Heterosexual Couples:
A Comparison.” Psychology of Women Quarterly 10(3) (1986): 234-239.
Schneider, Margaret, and O’Neill, Brian.
“Eligibility of Lesbians and Gay Men for Spousal Benefits: A Social Policy
Perspective.” Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality 2(1) (1993): 23-31.
Schnoor, Randal F., and Weinfeld, Morton.
“Seeking a Mate: Inter-group Partnerships among Gay Jewish Men.”
Canadian Ethnic Studies 37(1) (2005): 21-39.
Ref.: CSA
Sociological Abstracts, which notes: “The 2001
Census data reveal that Canadian gay & lesbian Jews are ‘out-marrying’
at a rate of approximately eighty-nine percent….We found that the
majority of the gay Jewish men interviewed expressed a desire for a
Jewish partner….”
Schorno,
Deborah Anna.
“Procréation
assistée et filiation : enjeux et solutions en Suisse et au Québec.”
LL.M.
thesis (Option biotechnologies), Université de Montréal, 2007.
(ca. 126 f.)
Ref. : AMICUS catalogue record no. 33799121, which notes that an
English summary is included in the thesis.
Scott, Allisa.
“Apparent Lesbian Performances, Heteroflexibility and Sexual Identity: Fluid
Sexuality among Young Women in Public Places.” M.A. thesis, University of
“…experiences of fifteen young women between the ages of 18-31 who
have engaged in ‘apparent lesbian performances’. Apparent Lesbian
behaviours occur when women engage in intimate behaviour with other
women in public places. This study finds that women who engage in this
behaviour may identify as lesbian, bisexual, or heterosexual….”
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 33265891, for
microfiche format
Setzer, Katharine Adrienne.
“Playing On-Line: Sexual Subjectivity, Gender Play and the Construction of the
Dyke
SM Fantasy.” M.A. thesis, Concordia University, 2000.
(105 p.)
Sinclair, Donna.
“Private Lives, Public Vows: Covenant Ceremonies Offer Gay and Lesbian
Couples Support, Celebration and a Sense of Community.”
United Church Observer 60(5) (Dec. 1996): 39-41.
Smith, Graeme.
“
[
Ref.: CPI.Q index.
Smith, Holly J.
“A Qualitative Exploration of the Dynamics of Openness and Secrecy
within Lesbian-headed Families that Utilize Donor Insemination.”
Ph.D. dissertation,
(137 p.; ISBN 9780542120152)
“…focused on lesbian parents within the context of the donor
insemination…process….Ten lesbian women, all residing in
the use of donor insemination completed questionnaires, wrote
autobiographies, and participated in interviews….” – from abstract,
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses,
ProQuest document ID 920932211;
Publication no. AAT 3174453
Smith, Miriam.
“Framing Same-sex Marriage in
Halpern and the National Boundaries of Political Discourse.” Social & Legal
Studies 16(1) (March 2007): 5-26.
Smith, Miriam.
“The Politics of Same-sex Marriage
in
PS: Political Science & Politics 38(2)(April 2005): 225-228.
Smith, Miriam.
“Recognizing Same-Sex Relationships: The Evolution of Recent Federal and
Provincial Policies.” Canadian Public Administration 45(Spring 2002):
1-23.
Somerville, Margaret.
“Children’s Human Rights and Unlinking Child-Parent Biological Bonds
with Adoption, Same-sex Marriage and New Reproductive Technologies.”
Journal of Family Studies 13(2) (November 2007): 179-201.
Broader than scope of this bibliography.
Ref.: PsycINFO index, which provides abstract and notes that
“…in
public debate that resulted in the legalization of same-sex marriage failed
to consider…impact on
children’s human rights….”
same-sex marriage “for the sake of children.” The abstract concludes:
“If, however, same-sex marriage is legalized, we must specifically enact
legislation setting out children’s human rights with respect to their
biological origins and families.”
Somerville, Margaret A.
The Ethical Imagination: Journeys
of the Human Spirit.
Anansi, 2006.
SEE pp. 101-104.
This work is in the CBC Massey lectures series.
John Barton, in his introduction to Seminal (listed in the Literature –
Poetry section) notes (p. 29, footnote 55) that: “The social conservatives
have their apologists in surprising quarters. Even respected McGill
University ethicist Margaret Somerville, while first arguing discrimination
based on sexual orientation is morally repugnant, attempts to develop a
convincing argument against same-sex marriage in the 2006 Massey
Lectures.” He refers to
the pages in
Compiler note:
views, including protest at the awards ceremony.
Spielvogel, Myriam.
“Rapports amoureux vécus par les femmes: une analyse du discours des
hétérosexuelles,
des lesbiennes et des religieuses.” Ph.D.
dissertation,
Université
de Montréal, 1999.
(362 p.)
Tahon,
Marie-Blanche.
Vers
l’indifférence des sexes? : union civile et filiation au Québec.
Montréal :
Boréal, 2004.
(209
p.; ISBN 2764603487)
Ref. : AMICUS catalogue record no.
30629904.
Catalogue descriptors applied concern gays,
lesbians, gay couples,
homophobia, and
paternity in relation to
A second (incomplete) AMICUS record, no. 30751275, gives slightly
different title, but same ISBN.
Taplin, Jennifer.
“MP’s Same-sex Wedding Draws High-powered Crowd.” Ottawa Citizen [Final
ed.],
See also “Brison Celebrates Historic Wedding,” Globe & Mail [online],
Report on marriage of Liberal MP Scott Brison to Mr. Maxime St. Pierre
at the
18, 2007. Brison was first MP to marry gay partner since legalization two
years earlier.
NOTE: the story was carried in many Canadian newspapers, often in either
their August 19
or
Indexes such as Canadian Newsstand will provide many precise references.
Tassé, Emmanuelle.
“Elles s’aiment…en silence.” Femme plus 14(4) (mai 2001): 24-28.
“La situation des lesbiennes;
quelques témoignages; commentaires de la
sociologue
Irène Demczuk et de la psychothérapeute Claudette Savard” –
Repère résumé.
Thorpe, Jocelyn.
“Redrawing National Boundaries: Gender, Race, Class, and Same-sex
Marriage Discourse in
(Winter-Spring 2005): 15-21.
Analysis of same-sex marriage discourses through study of articles
published in Canadian gay/lesbian newspapers, June 2003-April 2004,
etc.
Tibbetts, Janice.
“Pope to MPs: Stop Gay Marriage.” National Post, July 29, 2003, pp. A1, A9.
For fuller citation and annotation, see Tibbetts entry in the
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS section, below.
Tolentino, Arthur C.
“An Investigation of Counseling Effectiveness on Enhancing Relationship
Satisfaction: Focus on Heterosexual, Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Couples.”
Ph.D. dissertation, Capella University (Minnesota,
USA), 2006.
(82 p.; ISBN 9780542655265)
“A sample total of 127 participated....Most of the respondents were
residing in the
from abstract, ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, ProQuest document ID
1140191851; Publication no. AAT 3215972
Traves, Julie.
“Common Questions about Same-sex Families.” CrossCurrent: The Journal of
Addiction and Mental Health 8(3) (Spring 2005): 17+ (2 pages; 1719 words)
Ref.: CPI.Q index.
“The Ugly Politics of Gay Marriage.” Globe and Mail [Toronto],
January 16, 2001, p. A14.
Editorial.
Underwood, Nora.
“The Gay Breakup: Not So
Gay.” Maclean’s [Toronto ed.] 115(3) (January 21,
2002):
42.
L’Union
civile: nouveaux modèles de conjugalité et de parentalité au 21e
siècle : actes
du
colloque du Groupe de réflexion en droit privé. Sous la direction de
Pierre-Claude
Lafond et Brigitte Lefebvre.
Cowansville, QC : Editions Y. Blais,
c2003.
(399
p.; ISBN 289451638X)
“…actes d’un colloque tenu à Montréal, le 10
octobre 2002, par le Groupe
de réflexion en droit privé de la Faculté de
science politique et de droit de
l’UQAM. ”
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue no. 28186425. Possibly broader than scope of
this list, but one of several descriptors attached to record is Gay couples –
Legal status, laws, etc. – Quebec (Province) –
Congresses.
Université Laval (Québec,
Québec). Groupe de recherche
multidisciplinaire
féministe.
Lesbiennes,
mariage et famille: mémoire présenté à la Commission des
droits
de la personne du Québec dans le cadre de sa consultation publique
sur
la discrimination et la violence envers les gais et les lesbiennes au
Québec. Québec: la Groupe, 1994.
(38
p.; ISBN 2893640729)
Vaillancourt, François.
“Couples, Families and Public Policy.” Policy Options 16(10) (Dec. 1995): 23-27.
One 22-line paragraph is directly relevant. In this the author suggests
that marriage should be allowed for homosexual couples (p. 24).
Valpy, Michael.
“Clarkson E-mail Sparks
Gay-Union Furor.” Globe and Mail [Metro ed.],
January 16, 2001, p. A3.
Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson’s message of best wishes to gay
couple on their January 14 marriage draws criticism.
Valpy, Michael.
“Gays Claim First Legal Marriages: Spouses Joe [Varnell] and Kevin [Bourassa],
Elaine and Anne [Vautour] Sent Best Wishes by Governor-General.”
Globe and Mail [Metro ed.], January 15, 2001, pp. A1, A6.
Valverde, Mariana.
“A New Entity in the History of Sexuality: The Respectable Same-sex Couple.”
Feminist Studies 32(1) (Spring 2006): 155-162.
Ref.: CSA Sociological Abstracts, which notes: “Contemplates the
emergence of a new sexual object/subject, the respectable same-sex
couple, by discussing photographs of US & Canadian same-sex
marriages,” an article about gay activist George Hislop, and two other
matters.
Valverde, Mariana,
comp.
Radically Rethinking
Regulation Workshop Report. Toronto:
Centre of
Criminology, University
of Toronto, 1994.
Ref.: Kinsman, Regulation of Desire, 2nd ed., p. 328.
Footnotes 135 and
138 mention articles by Brettel Dawson and Brenda Cossman concerning
the tendency towards “privatization of financial responsibility” for
same-
sex couples by the state.
Van Somer, William Jared.
“A Hint of Pink: The Realities of Being Queer from the Perspective of a
Mother and a Son.” M.S.W. thesis,
c2004.
(132 leaves)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 34154386.
Walks, Michelle.
“Womb Is Womb, but Is Birth Birth?: A Look at the Queer Interaction of Medical
Services, Social Context and Identity Understandings in Canadian Birthing
Experiences.” Canadian Woman Studies 24(1) (Fall 2004): 68-73 (4387 words).
Concerns difficulties of lesbian mothers in registering births, attitudes of
medical staff, etc.
Wedding Essentials
for Same-sex Couples
(periodical),
See PERIODICALS section.
“A Wedding Guide for
Gay Guys.” Globe and Mail [Metro
ed.], August 16, 2003,
p. L9.
Concerning
an issue of Fab , the Toronto gay magazine.
“Why Be Wedded to Gay
Marriage?: Stop the ‘Homo Hysteria’; Politicians Are
Cowards to Hide behind the Courts on This
Human-Rights Issue.” Globe and Mail
[Metro ed.], August 8, 2002, p. A17.
Wilkinson, Sue, [ed.?]
“Equal Marriage / Le Droit égal au
mariage: A Personal View from
Feminism & Psychology 14(1) (February 2004): 9-15.
Ref.: PsycINFO index, which notes that the “paper presents the author’s
personal experiences
about same-sex marriages in
Wonch, Wendy Johanna.
“Equality and Satisfaction within Women’s Same-sex Relationships: The Role
of Relational and Sexual Identity Factors.” Ph.D. dissertation, University of
(85 p.; ISBN 9780542853579)
“Participants…resided
within the
(n=96 couples)” – from abstract, ProQuest Dissertations & Theses,
ProQuest document ID 1221690601; Publication no. AAT 3230944.
Wood, Nancy Sanford.
“The Struggle for the Freedom ‘To Be’: A Case Study of a Lesbian Headed
Blended Family.” MSc thesis,
(118 p.)
Young, Claire, and Boyd, Susan.
“Losing the Feminist Voice? : Debates on the Legal Recognition of Same Sex
Partnerships in
Ref.: CSA Sociological Abstracts, which notes: “In particular, we
investigate the terms on which recent legal struggles have advanced, as
well as the ways in which resistance to the legal recognition has been
expressed and dealt with….”
Young, Katherine K., and Nathanson, Paul.
“Redefining Marriage or Deconstructing Society: A Canadian Case Study.”
Journal of Family Studies [
Ref.: CSA Sociological Abstracts, which notes in abstract adapted from
source document: “…we examine the pivotal Canadian cases that led to
the legalization of
same-sex marriage in 2005….[O]
countries still struggling with this topic to the rational and substantial
grounds for maintaining the historic definition of marriage….” The six
questions these authors posed are presented in the abstract.
Zernentsch, Sheri.
“Gay Families in the
Media in the Age of HIV and AIDS.” MA thesis,
Concordia
University, 1998.
(104
p.)