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Article: Continental divide.(Queer Inclusions, Continental Divisions: Public Recognition of Sexual Diversity in Canada and the United States)(Book review)
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- The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide
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- January 1, 2009
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Queer Inclusions, Continental Divisions: Public Recognition of Sexual Diversity in Canada and the United States
by David Rayside
University of Toronto Press.440 pages, $35.
THE 49TH PARALLEL marks a division of great importance for GLBT people. To the north lies Canada's federal recognition of same-sex marriage (and, importantly, defacto straight and queer couples); to the south, the American Defense of Marriage Act. The latter represents an entrenched state-by-state framework for the distribution of certain rights, while Canada is united by the so-called "living tree" of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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