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Homosexuality and the european court of human rights
2012Co-Authors: Paul JohnsonAbstract:Table of cases. Introduction. PART 1: MAKING THE HOMOSEXUAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS 1. Emerging voices: Homosexuality and the Commission 1955-1980. 2. An ontological struggle: the Court and the homosexual since 1981. PART 2: METHODS AND MORALS 3. Homosexuality in the judicial laboratory: instruments, interpretations, and evolutions. PART 3: EXISTING JURISPRUDENCE AND POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS 4. 'An essentially private manifestation of the human personality': the limitations of Article 8. 5. The anti-discrimination provisions of the Convention: Article 14 and Protocol 12. 6. A right to marriage? Same-sex relationships and Article 12. 7. Expression, Assembly and Association: Articles 10 and 11. 8. Humiliation and debasement: degrading treatment and Article 3 Conclusion. Bibliography. Appendix 1: European Convention on Human Rights (truncated). Appendix 2: Chronological list of Decisions and Judgments of the Strasbourg organs in respect of Homosexuality. Index
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if a charge was brought against a saintly religious leader whose intention was to save souls an analysis of uk parliamentary debates over incitement to hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation
Parliamentary Affairs, 2011Co-Authors: Robert M Vanderbeck, Paul JohnsonAbstract:This article considers contemporary Parliamentary approaches to law-making in respect of Homosexuality and religious belief through an analysis of debates regarding the creation of the offence of incitement to hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation (Section 74 and Schedule 16 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008). By far the most contentious issue in debates about the legislation concerned the types of speech that would be captured by the offence, with skeptics and opponents arguing that the legislation risked criminalising religious believers who voiced objections to Homosexuality. The analysis specifically examines how legislators shaped the construction of the law by drawing on representations of ‘traditional’ Christians and other religious believers as a minority group needing protection from unwarranted complaints and investigations, and by placing them within an equalities hierarchy where religion and sexual orientation are seen to be in competition. Parliamentarians repeatedly weighed religion and sexual orientation in relation to one another as categories worthy of protection and, in doing so, often represented religiously based opposition to Homosexuality as a legitimate rationale for limiting the scope of the protections available to gays and lesbians by law. The analysis identifies a number of shifts and tendencies in Parliamentary rhetoric about Homosexuality that require ongoing attention, especially within the context of the new coalition government.
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an essentially private manifestation of human personality constructions of Homosexuality in the european court of human rights
Human Rights Law Review, 2010Co-Authors: Paul JohnsonAbstract:This article explores the continuing evolution of the European Convention on Human Rights in respect of Homosexuality. In considering the Court’s case law as a mechanism through which Homosexuality is discursively constructed, the article examines how this discourse both enables and constrains human rights in relation to sexual orientation in contemporary Europe. The discursive construction of Homosexuality that underlies the Court’s interpretation of the Convention in respect of sexual orientation produces a problematic outcome for sexual minorities: whilst it has been instrumental in socialising a panEuropean consensus on intimate and sexual privacy, the Court’s understanding of Homosexuality ultimately sustains a separation between the rights associated with the private and public spheres and, in doing so, fails to address the ongoing social discrimination experienced by gay men and lesbians. *Lecturer in Sociology, University of Surrey (p.johnson@surrey.ac.uk). I am very grateful to Rob Jago for reading and commenting on an earlier version of this article. I am similarly grateful to Robert Vanderbeck for the many discussions we have had about the issues covered here. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Human Rights Law Review10:1(2010), 67^97
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an essentially private manifestation of human personality constructions of Homosexuality in the european court of human rights
Social Science Research Network, 2010Co-Authors: Paul JohnsonAbstract:This article explores the continuing evolution of the European Convention on Human Rights in respect of Homosexuality. In considering the Court’s case law as a mechanism through which Homosexuality is discursively constructed, the article examines how this discourse both enables and constrains human rights in relation to sexual orientation in contemporary Europe. The discursive construction of Homosexuality that underlies the Court’s interpretation of the Convention in respect of sexual orientation produces a problematic outcome for sexual minorities: whilst it has been instrumental in socialising a pan-European consensus on intimate and sexual privacy, the Court’s understanding of Homosexuality ultimately sustains a separation between the rights associated with the private and public spheres and, in doing so, fails to address the ongoing social discrimination experienced by gay men and lesbians.
Amy Adamczyk - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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changing attitudes toward Homosexuality in taiwan 1995 2012
Chinese sociological review, 2016Co-Authors: Yenhsin Alice Cheng, Amy AdamczykAbstract:Abstract:Most of what we know about attitudes toward Homosexuality comes from research focused on Europe and the Americas. Much less is known about attitudinal change in East Asia, even though some nations have begun to propose liberal laws and policies regarding Homosexuality. Focusing on Taiwan, a more liberal and economically developed society, this study examines key characteristics associated with changes in attitudes about Homosexuality. Data from three waves of the World Values Survey collected in 1995, 2006, and 2012 are used. The findings show that overall social tolerance has increased, which is mainly due to cohort succession and partly to intra-cohort changes in attitudes. Improvement in education and liberal values related to divorce, prostitution, and gender roles act as mediators for the cohort differences in tolerance. In addition, women and the college-educated hold more liberal attitudes toward homosexuals than men or the least educated in recent years. Christians were not especially int...
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place matters contextualizing the roles of religion and race for understanding americans attitudes about Homosexuality
Social Science Research, 2016Co-Authors: Amy Adamczyk, Katharine A Boyd, Brittany E HayesAbstract:As laws and policies related to Homosexuality have evolved, Americans' attitudes have also changed. Race and religion have been established as important indicators of feelings about Homosexuality. However, researchers have given almost no attention to how county characteristics shape Americans' attitudes. Using Hierarchical Linear Modeling techniques, we examine how personal characteristics and the religious and racial context of a county shape feelings about Homosexuality drawing on data from the American National Election Survey and information about where respondents reside. We find that African Americans initially appear less tolerant than other racial groups, until we account for the geographical distribution of attitudes across the nation. Additionally, once we consider religious involvement, strength of belief, and religious affiliation African Americans appear to have warmer feelings about Homosexuality than whites. Drawing on the moral communities' hypothesis, we also find that the strength of religiosity amongst county residents heightens the influence of personal religious beliefs on disapproving attitudes. There is also a direct effect of the proportion conservative Protestant, whereby people of all faiths have cooler attitudes towards homosexual individuals when they reside in a county with a higher proportion of conservative Protestants. Finally, we do not find any evidence for an African American cultural influence on attitudes.
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shaping attitudes about Homosexuality the role of religion and cultural context
Social Science Research, 2009Co-Authors: Amy Adamczyk, Cassady PittAbstract:Across the globe, the debate over Homosexuality continues, with great variation in public opinion about the acceptability of Homosexuality, laws regulating same-sex unions and penalties for homosexual sex behaviors. Religion is often seen as an important predictor of attitudes about Homosexuality. However, cross-national differences in cultural orientations suggest that the role religion has in explaining homosexual attitudes may depend on a nation’s cultural context. In this study, we merge ideas from cultural sociology and religious contextual effects to explain cross-national variation in public opinion about Homosexuality. Using data from the fourth wave of the World Values Survey and Hierarchical Modeling techniques, we find support for the micro and macro effects of religion and a survival vs. self-expressive cultural orientation. Moreover, we find that personal religious beliefs have a greater effect on attitudes about Homosexuality in countries like the United States, which have a strong self-expressive cultural orientation.
Tina Fetner - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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cohort differences in tolerance of Homosexuality attitudinal change in canada and the united states 1981 2000
Social Science Research Network, 2009Co-Authors: Robert Andersen, Tina FetnerAbstract:Using data from the World Values Surveys, we explore trends in tolerance of Homosexuality in Canada and the United States from 1981 to 2000. Particular attention is given to the effects of birth cohort. Consistent with previous research, we find that younger cohorts are typically the most tolerant of Homosexuality. We also find that Canadians are more liberal than Americans. Most interesting, however, is the remarkable degree of change over time within cohorts, especially in Canada. These findings suggest that attitudes toward Homosexuality during this period were an exception to the age-stability hypothesis, which claims that opinions on controversial social issues are formed by early adulthood, and change little with age. We speculate that differing political climate across country and time is responsible for the significant differences in public opinion.
Cassady Pitt - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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shaping attitudes about Homosexuality the role of religion and cultural context
Social Science Research, 2009Co-Authors: Amy Adamczyk, Cassady PittAbstract:Across the globe, the debate over Homosexuality continues, with great variation in public opinion about the acceptability of Homosexuality, laws regulating same-sex unions and penalties for homosexual sex behaviors. Religion is often seen as an important predictor of attitudes about Homosexuality. However, cross-national differences in cultural orientations suggest that the role religion has in explaining homosexual attitudes may depend on a nation’s cultural context. In this study, we merge ideas from cultural sociology and religious contextual effects to explain cross-national variation in public opinion about Homosexuality. Using data from the fourth wave of the World Values Survey and Hierarchical Modeling techniques, we find support for the micro and macro effects of religion and a survival vs. self-expressive cultural orientation. Moreover, we find that personal religious beliefs have a greater effect on attitudes about Homosexuality in countries like the United States, which have a strong self-expressive cultural orientation.
Ning Yu - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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rainbow over the internet how internet use curtails homophobia in china
Technology in Society, 2020Co-Authors: Jiaping Zhang, Xiaomei Gong, Mingwang Cheng, Ning YuAbstract:Abstract China, despite its rapid economic modernization and the lack of powerful conservative institutions, is not known for embracing diverse sexual orientation. The present study investigates whether and how Internet use, a increasingly important part of contemporary people's daily life, leads to changes in people's attitudes toward Homosexuality in China, and relevant policy implications. Analyzing the Chinese General Social Survey data from 2010 to 2015, this paper develops an ordered probit model to quantify the influence of Internet use on Homosexuality tolerance, adopts a substitution variable method to conduct the robustness check, and utilizes instrument variables to address the potential endogeneity in the regressions. The results show that Internet use has a significant positive impact on Chinese people's Homosexuality tolerance. Further studies have found that the influence of Internet use on Homosexuality tolerance is also heterogeneous to different populations. Besides, compared with traditional media, the Internet has a more significant impact on Homosexuality tolerance. This paper provides some explanations for the rise in China's Homosexuality tolerance from 2010 to 2015, and additional impetus for the international community to push for a liberal Internet policy in China.