Overview
- Foreword by Victor Madrigal
- Written from the insider perspective of an LGBT diplomatic practitioner
- Combines queer studies, politics and international relations, and policy studies
Part of the book series: Global Queer Politics (GQP)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book is the first study of multilateral LGBT human rights diplomacy viewed from the perspective of its practitioners: diplomats, LGBT activists, human rights experts and multilateral specialists. It demonstrates how diplomats and advocates work to promote LGBT rights on the world stage, often using Western constructs of sexual and gender identity. In turn, these efforts have triggered conflict and polarization: opposing states often deploy cultural, religious and moral discourses to minimize LGBT rights as a “legitimate” human right. The author, a seasoned Canadian foreign service officer, human rights negotiator and former community activist and researcher, uses insider perspectives to critically assess both bilateral and multilateral diplomatic engagement on LGBT human rights issues. Janoff’s research involved participation in UN meetings in Geneva and New York and 29 interviews with diplomats, human rights advocates and experts, and representatives from the UN and other inter-governmental organizations. Although LGBT issues have been mainstreamed into many areas of bilateral and multilateral human rights policy, his research found a considerable gap: a coordinated diplomatic and civil society approach is needed to more effectively address ongoing human rights violations against LGBT people around the world.
Reviews
“Douglas Janoff draws from his wide-ranging diplomatic career, extensive research and rigorous scholarship to provide a highly engaging and accessible exploration of the mainstreaming, complexities and contradictions of LGBTQ+ advocacy in contemporary Western diplomacy. Janoff's book is a much-needed addition to the expanding field of queer international relations and is a thoughtful and useful contribution both for academic scholars and diplomatic practitioners” (—Daniel Conway, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Westminster, UK)
“A great contribution to the better understanding of LGBTQI+ diplomacy. Dr. Janoff's work provides a thorough, well-researched and personal look into international relations and broader diversity policy." (—Bernard Duhaime, Professor of law Université du Québec à Montréal, former Member of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances)
"Douglas Janoff provides a discerning account of international LGBT human rights advocacy at the nexus of diplomacy, civil society organizations, and the United Nations. Queer Diplomacy takes readers inside interpersonal, institutional, and geopolitical considerations that combine to determine queer human rights processes and outcomes." (—Cynthia Burack is Professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at The Ohio State University, USA. She is the author of Because We Are Human: Contesting US Support for Gender and Sexuality Human Rights Abroad (2018) and How Trump and the Christian Right Saved LGBTI Human Rights: A Religious Freedom Mystery (2022))
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Douglas Victor Janoff was appointed to Canada’s Foreign Service in 2009: his career has included diplomatic postings to Washington, D.C., Afghanistan and Pakistan. He is the author of Pink Blood: Homophobic Violence in Canada (2005) and has a PhD in Canadian Studies from Carleton University, Canada.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Queer Diplomacy
Book Subtitle: Homophobia, International Relations and LGBT Human Rights
Authors: Douglas Victor Janoff
Series Title: Global Queer Politics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07341-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-07340-3Published: 12 October 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-07343-4Published: 13 October 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-07341-0Published: 11 October 2022
Series ISSN: 2569-1317
Series E-ISSN: 2569-1309
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 232
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Politics and Gender, Queer Studies, Political Science, Diplomacy, International Relations