RT Article
T1 Hated Identities: Queers and Canadian Anti-hate Legislation
JF Canadian journal of criminology and criminal justice
VO 48
IS 5
SP 823
OP 836
A1 Moore, Dawn 1974-
A1 Rennie, Angus MacLean
LA English
YR 2006
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1639319085
AB Drawing on queer theory and post-structuralism, this article explores two 'gay bashings,' the murders of Alain Brousseau and Aaron Webster. In both cases, we argue that the application of anti-hate crime legislation reveals the troubling nature of attempts to legally fix sexual identities. The law imagines gayness to be innate and obvious. These cases show that sexual identity is fluid and contingent. Our study also shows that, through the application of hate-crime law, sexual identification is not necessarily self-determined. Politicized communities, legal actors, assailants, and media all participate in naming someone's 'gayness.' (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
K1 Hasskriminalität
K1 Viktimisierung
K1 Homosexuelle
K1 Gewaltopfer