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Parental Rights as if Queer Youth Mattered.
- Source :
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Conference Papers -- American Political Science Association . 2002 Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, p1-23. 23p. - Publication Year :
- 2002
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Abstract
- Dominant assumptions about youth in the United States, as well as legal decisions that both draw on and reinforce these assumptions, limit the rights of all young people. This has a particularly destructive impact on those young people who either identify as gay/lesbian/bisexual or who fail to conform to normative gender roles. In this paper, I connect the issues that these youth face to the lack of rights faced by all young people. I argue that those who care about young people who fail to conform to sex/gender norms need to be part of redefining parental rights and responsibilities. Finally, I suggest that the Convention on the Rights of the Child provides a important beginning for this redefinition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *POLITICAL science
*CHILDREN'S rights
*YOUTH
*SOCIAL sciences
*LGBTQ+ people
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- Language :
- English
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Conference Papers -- American Political Science Association
- Publication Type :
- Conference
- Accession number :
- 17985267