Global Gay: How Gay Culture Is Changing the World

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Frédéric Martel (Journalist) Michael Bronski (Professor of the Practice in Activism and Media, Harvard University)

Global Gay

How Gay Culture Is Changing the World

Frédéric Martel (Journalist), Michael Bronski (Professor of the Practice in Activism and Media, Harvard University), Patsy Baudoin

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English

MIT Press
14 May 2019

Gay & Lesbian studies; Political control & freedoms

Series: The MIT Press

A panoramic view of gay rights, gay life, and the gay experience around the world.

In Global Gay, Frederic Martel visits more than fifty countries and documents a revolution underway around the world- the globalization of LGBT rights. From Saudi Arabia to South Africa, from Amsterdam to Tel Aviv, from Singapore to the United States, activists, culture warriors, and ordinary people are part of a movement. Martel interviews the proprietor of a ""gay-friendly"" cafe in Amman, Jordan; a Cuban-American television journalist in Fort Lauderdale, Florida; a South African jurist who worked with Nelson Mandela to enshrine gay rights in the country's constitution; an American lawyer who worked on the campaign for marriage equality; an Egyptian man who fled his country after escaping a raid on a gay club; and many others. He tells us that in China, homosexuality is neither prohibited nor permitted, and that much Chinese gay life takes place on social media; that in Iran, because of the strict separation of the sexes, it seems almost easier to be gay than heterosexual; and that Raul Castro's daughter, a gay rights icon in Cuba, expressed her lingering anti-American sentiments by calling for Pride celebrations in May rather than June. Ten countries maintain the death penalty for homosexuals. ""Homophobia is what Arab governments give to Islamists to keep them calm,"" one activist tells Martel.

Martel finds that although the ""gay American way of life"" has created a global template for gay activism and culture, each country offers distinctly local variations. And around the world, the status of gay rights has become a measure of a country's democracy and modernity.

This English edition, whichhas been thoroughly revised and updated, has received the French Voices Award for excellence in publication and translation, supported by a grant from the French-American Book Fund.

By: Frédéric Martel (Journalist)
Foreword by: Michael Bronski (Professor of the Practice in Activism and Media Harvard University)
Translated by: Patsy Baudoin
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 19mm
ISBN: 9780262537056
ISBN 10: 0262537052
Series: The MIT Press
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 14 May 2019
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Frederic Martel, a researcher at Sciences-Po Paris and ZHdK Zurich, is the author of nine books, the host and producer of the French radio show Soft Power, and foreign affairs columnist at Slate.fr. Patsy Baudoin works independently as a translator and developmental editor.