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Stories of gay and lesbian immigration : together forever?
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Share the personal stories of gay and lesbian couples who immigrated to Australia!This fascinating book examines the Australian government's innovative immigration program for same-sex couples. Cov...
Share the personal stories of gay and lesbian couples who immigrated to Australia!This fascinating book examines the Australian government's innovative immigration program for same-sex couples. Covering the time from the early 1980s to 2000, Stories of Gay and Lesbian Immigration: Together Forever? offers a powerful glimpse into the gains and costs of immigration. Its twenty-year span offers insight into both immediate and long-term implications of this policy.Stories of Gay and Lesbian Immigration intertwines the personal stories of gay and lesbian immigrants, including th
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- Creator
- John Hart
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- New York : Harrington Park Press, 2002
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (192 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9781560233848, 9781315783864, 1317712781, 9781317712794, 131771279X, 131578386X, 9781317712787, 0789007061, 1306574730, 9780789007063, 1560233842
- OCLC
- ocn876512759, on1204299016, ocm47825687, ocn646885815
- First published 2002 by Harrington Park Press.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- English
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Queer Development of Gay and Lesbian Immigration; The Beginnings of Gay and Lesbian Couple Recognition; Homosexuality and the Settlement of Australia; The Development of an Arrangement Between the Task Force and the Government; The Effects on the Couples; An Arrangement Is Made Between the Minister and the Task Force; Progress Since the Arrangement; Chapter 2. Finding Out About Couples; Anxieties; Convincing the Government We Were Genuine Homosexual Couples
- The Original Study Group in 1988Personal Costs; What Has Changed Since the 1980s?; Chapter 3. Success and Failure in Relationships- Who's Counting?; Applications to Change Status to Permanent Resident, 1988/1989; HIV/AIDS; Conclusions I Made in 1990; Problems in the Categorization of Success and Failure; A Missing Element in the Research Story; Chapter 4. Europe, North America, Thailand, and Back; Chapter 5. Some Partners in 2000; Chapter 6. Gay and Lesbian Relationships and Immigration; The Political Moment; Sexual Values; Other Stories Now Can Be Told; Findings in 2000; Outcomes
- The Stories So FarImmigration and Relationships; Responsibilities We Can Assume As Nonheterosexuals; Research Methods; References