Queering Representation: LGBTQ People and Electoral Politics in Canada

by Manon Tremblay (Editor)

Political representation requires voting, joining political parties, running as candidates, acting as politicians. Yet the election of openly LGBTQ people is a relatively recent phenomenon in the West. Queering Representation explores long-ignored issues relating to LGBTQ voters and politicians in Canada. What are the LGBTQ electorate's characteristics and voting behaviours? What part do the media play in framing straight voters' perceptions of out LGBTQ politicians? What pathways to power do LGBTQ politicians follow? Do they represent LGBTQ people and communities, and if so, how is this role articulated? And finally, how do Canadian party ideologies shape LGBTQ representation?

352 pages, Hardcover

Published November 6, 2019

Reviews

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Political Science text book, heavy on research, so I admittedly skimmed through. Appreciated the idea of "organizing" around LGBTQ representation. This book takes a look at the voting patterns of LGBTQ community members, the role that media has played in framing what voters think of LGBTQ candidates and how those candidates have come to run for election and represent both their LGBTQ communities and broader issues. Heaving on Federal and Ontario politics - not much reference to the rest of the country at a provincial or municipal level.