LGBT Rights in Latin America

Session Submission Type: Panel

Abstract

This panel examines the struggle for LGBTI rights in Southern Africa and Latin America where litigation and legislative strategies have been activated. The papers evaluate the competing theoretical approaches commonly used to explain the variation within each of the regions to construct an approach that travels between regions.

Sub Track

• Law, Rights, and Citizenship

Chair

• Bruce M Wilson, University of Central Florida

Individual Presentations

• From Criminalization to Marriage Equality: Explaining Variance in LGBT Rights across Latin America - Bruce M Wilson, University of Central Florida

• LGBT rights in Southern Africa - Siri Gloppen, University of Bergen

Discussant

• Mario M Pecheny, Universidad de Buenos Aires