Le Jeu de Qui? Sexual Politics at Play in the French Caribbean
By virtue of their non-independent political status, Martinique and Guadeloupe (France's Antilles) operate under a legal regime unique to the Caribbean vis à vis sexual rights. While in certain independent countries in the region homosexuality is criminalized and “homosexual acts” are punishable by law, France’s legal code both affords protections and extends certain rights, such as access to the PACS (the pacte civil de solidarité is a form of civil union available to both same sex and heterosexual couples in France since 1999), to Martinican and Guadeloupean citizens.
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| Format: | Article biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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2013-07-08
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| Subjects: | homosexuality, homophobia, Martinique, Guadeloupe, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2139/15943 |
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