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ABSTRACTThis study examines the hypothesis by which quality relationships among gay couples is closely related to the adoption of low-risk sexual behaviours, in monogamous and non-monogamous situations. Data was collected from 29 homosexual couples (58 men) of the Montréal area. The survey, which graded sexual conduct as well as adjustments made within the relationship, confirmed the author's hypothesis. Indeed, the distribution of couples according to a multifactorial risk index does in fact establish a connection between the couple's happiness and the level of risk during sexual relations within and outside the couple. These conclusions are discussed in light of existing data pertaining to the link between health and the quality of a relationship among heterosexual couples.
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AbstractLesbian couples differ from heterosexual couples in that they must develop their relationship within an environment that is generally unsympathetic to homosexuality, a fact that could accentuate the importance of family support. Furthermore, the disclosure of their sexual orientation by lesbian couples could also affect the support given by family members. The present study examines the effect of coming-out and family support on the relationship adjustment of lesbian mothers whose children were born within a heterosexual context. It was expected that family support would mediate the relationship between coming-out and relationship adjustment. Fifty-five lesbian mothers currently in a relationship answered questions about their perception of family support, on their coming-out behaviour and their relationship adjustment. Results revealed a positive relationship between coming-out and family support, and between family support and relationship adjustment, however no association was found between coming-out and relationship adjustment. The mediation model was therefore not confirmed. Finally, the authors discuss the implications of these results.
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AbstractAIDS, Syphilis, and the Process of Stigmatisation The Historical Roots of Policy and PréjudiceThis article describes some of the similarities and différences between the épidémie of venereal syphilis in the late 15'th and early 16'th centuries and the AIDS épidémie of the last décade. It is argued hère that the contemporary process of stigmatization of persons with AIDS is partly a syntactical process of language which is rooted in the earlier syphilis épidémie. The resuit is an unconsciously constrained manner of thinking and policy formulation in which stigmatized individuals are made to buttress an increasingly problematic ideology by simultaneously representing divine reproof and évidence of moral decay. Illustrations are drawn form récent policy in British Columbia.
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AbstractABSTRACT" To Be Taken as Spouse by a Naq ". Implication ot a Marriage with a Spirit in the Burmese Possession Cuit (Myanmar)In Burma, the relationship between " spirit-mediums " and naq spirits who are the object of the possession cuit is mainly thought in terms of a marriage between a female human and a mâle spirit. The spirits appear to be " wife-takers ", contrary to the marriage alliance which is described as the basis of the shamanistic relationship. This relationship is similar to one that symbolically links the king with the local communities, the origin of the " institutionalization " of the naq cuit. The bringing together of various particular communities in the kingdom might well be conceived as the consequence of an initial union between the king and a local hero's sister - a hero who is afterwards appointed by the king as a local tutelary spirit. At both levels, the marriage alliance expresses a domination one may qualify more precisely as a " reversible subordination ", modeled according to the position conferred to the woman in marriage. The relationship which allows " possession " in the Burmese cuit differs also from the shamanistic one because it is not dealing with " surnature " for the human community but with regulating links between particular communities and the greater whole.Key words : Brac de la Perrière, possession, ritual marriage, naq, Burma
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This paper examines the idea of personal privacy and how the law has responded to expectations that it be adequately protected. The legal protection of personal privacy is evaluated in light of the concerns of homosexual persons that information about their sexual orientation remain confidential. Although individual privacy is a notion that can be used to argue for a sphere of individual freedom, in the sense that adult individuals should be free of government restriction on how they express themselves sexually in private, this paper focuses on privacy insofar as it relates to the undesired disclosure of information about a person's private life. This is privacy as secrecy, a concept which is concerned with the degree to which we are prepared to allow people to live their lives free from the intrusive prying of others. Whether the idea of breach of privacy as giving rise to civil responsibility has evolved under tort law is reviewed in the common law of both Canada and the United States. The inadequacy of the common law in protecting a general right to privacy has led to the adoption of a number of provincial statutes which create an invasion of privacy tort, and the importance of these in potentially protecting the privacy of homosexual persons is examined. The recognition of a general right to privacy under the Quebec Civil Code and its reinforcement by provisions in the Quebec Charter of Rights and Freedoms completes the analysis of civil remedies for breach of privacy in Canada. For comparative purposes, the development of the « private facts tort » in the American legal system is explored and commented. Informational privacy as it relates to the collection, storage and use of personal information by governments constitutes the focus of part 3 of this paper. It assesses the dangers inherent in the use and storage of personal information by governments in both Canada and the U.S.A. The recognition of the potential for abuse has resulted in the adoption of Privacy Acts in both countries at the federal level and, with respect to Canada, in the province of Quebec. Such legislation seeks to answer the twin preoccupations of when government institutions are justified in collecting and using personal information and when they are justified in disclosing it. These questions are of considerable importance to homosexual persons and this is emphasized in the analysis. Views on the relationship between privacy and social tolerance are offered in the conclusion to the paper.
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Our article is based on the farewell letters written by 72 residents of the province of Quebec, aged between 20 and 30 years old, who took their own lives during the period 1940-1970. The 138 letters studied, which come from the Archives of the Coroner of the judicial district of the City of Montreal, are treated from a perspective which we qualify as communicational. Having identified five ideal-types according to the meaning of the message, either introspective or dyadic, in relation to the suicidal act, we underscore the abundance and the multidirectional quality of the themes that the individuals used to shape their posthumous self. Our results also show that gender plays an undeniable role in the communicated message as well as in the manner in which it is communicated.
Keywords: suicide, lettres d'adieu, analyse communicationnelle, Québec, jeunes adultes, suicide, farewell letters, communicational analysis, Quebec, young adults
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Heterosexuality has been critiqued from feminist, lesbian and queer perspectives. The author aims to highlight the theoretical contributions of lesbians and queers to these debates, while noting the equivocal nature of this legacy for heterosexual women. These arguments are based on a critical discourse analysis of heterosexuality throughout the past 50 years. Divided in three sections, this paper offers: 1) a presentation of feminist lesbian, radical lesbian and queer critiques of heterosexuality; 2) a reflection on how heterosexual feminists have related to these critiques; and 3) a discussion regarding the usefulness of the proposed means to counter the negative effects of heterosexuality on women, and on the need for political action anchored in daily intimacy with the goal of creating more justice between partners.
Keywords: hétérosexualité, féministes hétérosexuelles, féminisme radical, féminisme lesbien, queer