What is it about?

This paper examines the role of lawyers representing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people as they pursue cases through the courts to advance or uphold their rights.

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Why is it important?

The paper explores how LGBTI individuals in Chile overcome stigma to undertake legal action and how their awareness of their identity and rights increases over the course of the case.

Perspectives

This paper explores incipient legal mobilisation processes for LGBTI populations in Chile at a time when the legislature remained inaccessible for these populations to secure rights gains regarding protections from discrimination or rights recognition for same-sex couples or transgender populations.

Dr Penny Miles
University of Bristol

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This page is a summary of: Brokering Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: Chilean Lawyers and Public Interest Litigation Strategies, Bulletin of Latin American Research, May 2015, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/blar.12367.
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