Same-Sex Marriage in Latin America

Jason Pierceson is an associate professor of political science and legal studies at the University of Illinois Springfield. Adriana Piatti-Crocker is an associate professor at the University of Illinois Springfield and is a comparative politics scholar on Latin America and gender and politics. Shawn Schulenberg is an assistant professor and director of graduate studies in the department of political science at Marshall University.

• Part I: ThemesChapter 1: Diffusion of Same-Sex Policies in Latin AmericaAdriana Piatti-CrockerChapter 2: The Lavender Tide? LGBT Rights and the Latin American Left TodayShawn SchulenbergChapter 3: Support for Same-Sex Marriage in Latin AmericaGermán Lodola and Margarita CorralChapter 4: Variations in the Judicialization of Same-Sex Marriage Politics in Latin America Jason PiercesonPart II: CountriesChapter 5: Same-Sex Partnership Rights in Central America: The Case of PanamaShawn SchulenbergChapter 6: The Creation of Civil Partnerships in UruguayDiego SempolChapter 7: Same-Sex Couples in Colombia: Three Models for their Legal and Political RecognitionDaniel BonillaChapter 8: Legal Mobilization and the Road to Same-Sex Marriage in ArgentinaMaria Gracia AndíaChapter 9: The Battle for Marriage Equality in Mexico, 2001-2011Genaro Lozano

This volume assembles some of the most innovative authors working on LGBT politics in Latin America. The study of LGBT rights is an exciting new dimension in the study of the quality of democracy that has long been ignored. This volume proves that the study of the politics of sexuality, like the activism on behalf of sexuality rights in Latin America, is here to stay.