Acting Queerly: Ruminations of an Activist Lawyer

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dc.contributor.authorfindlay, barbara
dc.date.accessioned2012-11-02T22:41:39Z
dc.date.available2012-11-02T22:41:39Z
dc.date.copyright2002en_US
dc.date.issued2002
dc.descriptionbarbara findlay's first and last name are spelled without capital letters. UVic's Transgender Archives holds materials related to transgender issues and the law donated by barbara findlay, Q.C. findlay also donated documents filed in BC Human Rights Tribunal and BC Court of Appeal cases concerning Kimberley Nixon v. Vancouver Rape Relief Society. findlay represented Nixon, a trans woman whose offer of volunteer work as rape counsellor was refused by Vancouver Rape Relief because Nixon was a trans woman. Nixon filed a human rights complaint alleging discrimination based on sex.en_US
dc.description.abstractItem is a booklet written by barbara findley, Q.C. findlay describes her career, her legal representation of Kimberly Nixon in Nixon v. Rape Relief, and reflects on oppression, both societal and individual. findlay situates her self as a lesbian, a feminist, and an equality rights activist.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusUnrevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelUndergraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/4307
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAcross Our Differences Press: Vancouver, BCen_US
dc.subjectTransgender people -- legal aspectsen_US
dc.subjectfindlay, barbaraen_US
dc.subjectNixon, Kimberlyen_US
dc.subjectLaw -- Canadaen_US
dc.subjectLaw -- British Columbiaen_US
dc.subjectLesbianism -- legal aspectsen_US
dc.subjectTransgender Archives
dc.titleActing Queerly: Ruminations of an Activist Lawyeren_US
dc.typeBooken_US

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