UBC Press We Still Demand!: Redefining Resistance in Sex and Gender Struggles (Sexuality Studies)

We Still Demand! recovers the vibrant histories of sex and gender activism across Canada from the 1970s to the present. Highlighting queer, trans, sex-worker, and feminist struggles, this activist history focuses on remembering these struggles and on rethinking the boundaries of sex and gender activism and scholarship. By recovering the history of activism and outlining contemporary challenges, We Still Demand! provides a vital rewriting of the history of sex and gender activism in Canada that will enlighten current struggles and activate new forms of resistance. Review This collection is a must-read for queer and sexuality theorists and historians alike. -- Natalie Adamyk, University of Toronto * Labour/Le travail, Vol. 82 * Book Description By challenging the erasure of radical histories, this book remembers and rethinks sex and gender activism from the past to inspire current struggles and activate new forms of resistance in the future. From the Author Patrizia Gentile is an associate professor of human rights and sexuality studies at the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa. She co-authored The Canadian War on Queers: National Security as Sexual Regulation and co-edited Contesting Bodies and Nation in Canadian History. Gary Kinsman is an activist and a professor emeritus in sociology at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario. He authored The Regulation of Desire: Homo and Hetero Sexualities, co-authored The Canadian War on Queers: National Security as Sexual Regulation, and was editor of Whose National Security? and Sociology for Changing the World. L. Pauline Rankin is a professor in the School of Canadian Studies and associate vice-president (Research and International) at Carleton University. She is co-author of Politics As If Women Mattered. Contributors: Beverly Bain, Mathieu Brûlé, Allison Burgess, Elise Chenier, Shawna Ferris, Patrizia Gentile, Gary Kinsman, Annalee Lepp, Nicholas Matte, Bobby Noble, Fabien Rose, Cynthia Wright, Andrea Zanin About the Author Patrizia Gentile is an associate professor of human rights and sexuality studies at the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa. She co-authored The Canadian War on Queers: National Security as Sexual Regulation and co-edited Contesting Bodies and Nation in Canadian History. Gary Kinsman is an activist and a professor emeritus in sociology at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario. He authored The Regulation of Desire: Homo and Hetero Sexualities, co-authored The Canadian War on Queers: National Security as Sexual Regulation, and was editor of Whose National Security? and Sociology for Changing the World. L. Pauline Rankin is a professor in the School of Canadian Studies and associate vice-president (Research and International) at Carleton University. She is co-author of Politics As If Women Mattered. Contributors: Beverly Bain, Mathieu Brule, Allison Burgess, Elise Chenier, Shawna Ferris, Patrizia Gentile, Gary Kinsman, Annalee Lepp, Nicholas Matte, Bobby Noble, Fabien Rose, Cynthia Wright, Andrea Zanin