Table Of Contents:
Notes on Contributors vii
Introduction 1(12)

David Paternotte

Manon Tremblay

Carol Johnson

1 Argentina: A Queer Tango between the Lesbian and Gay Movement and the State 13(14)

Jordi Diez

2 Australia: Parties, Federalism and Rights Agendas 27(16)

Carol Johnson

Sarah Maddison

Emma Partridge

3 Belgium: The Paradoxical Strength of Disunion 43(14)

David Paternotte

4 Brazil: From AIDS to Human Rights 57(16)

Juan P. Marsiaj

5 Canada: The Power of Institutions 73(16)

Miriam Smith

6 India: From Tensions to Transformation 89(14)

Alankaar Sharma

Arpita Das

7 The Netherlands: Depoliticization of Homosexuality and Homosexualization of Politics 103(16)

Gert Hekma

Jan Willem Duyvendak

8 Poland: Sovereignty and Sexuality in Post-Socialist Times 119(16)

Agnes Chetaille

9 Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia: Arrested Development! 135(18)

Baden Offord

10 South Africa: Opportunities Seized in the Post-Apartheid Era 153(14)

Sheila Croucher

11 Spain: Building Reciprocal Relations between Lesbian and Gay Organizations and the State 167(14)

Kerman Calvo

12 United Kingdom: Changing Political Opportunity Structures, Policy Success and Continuing Challenges for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Movements 181(16)

Kelly Kollman

Matthew Waites

13 United States: Multi-Institutional Politics, Social Movements and the State 197(16)

Mary Bernstein
Conclusion 213(16)

David Paternotte

Manon Tremblay

Carol Johnson
Index 229