Legalizing Love in a Cold Climate: The History, Consequences and Recent Developments of Registered Partnerships in Scandinavia
(2008) In Sexualities 11(1-2). p.193-226- Abstract
- Why was Scandinavia the first place in the world to
introduce national laws allowing registered partnership between
same-sex couples? This article is a survey and historical
documentation of the registered partnership laws throughout
Scandinavia, documenting their origin in Denmark in 1989 and
their subsequent adoption by every Nordic country. The origins
of the laws are traced to the 1970s criticism of the nuclear
family, the AIDS epidemic, a general cultural emphasis of
consensus, and the structure of the welfare state. The article
investigates what the new homosexual family unit is permitted to
be, and asks whether the new laws have... (More) - Why was Scandinavia the first place in the world to
introduce national laws allowing registered partnership between
same-sex couples? This article is a survey and historical
documentation of the registered partnership laws throughout
Scandinavia, documenting their origin in Denmark in 1989 and
their subsequent adoption by every Nordic country. The origins
of the laws are traced to the 1970s criticism of the nuclear
family, the AIDS epidemic, a general cultural emphasis of
consensus, and the structure of the welfare state. The article
investigates what the new homosexual family unit is permitted to
be, and asks whether the new laws have proven to be liberatory,
or a means of subtle repression and control. (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/1301997
- author
- Rydström, Jens LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2008
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- in
- Sexualities
- volume
- 11
- issue
- 1-2
- pages
- 193 - 226
- publisher
- SAGE Publications
- external identifiers
-
- wos:000267253500023
- scopus:69849119143
- ISSN
- 1363-4607
- DOI
- 10.1177/1363460707085470
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 392148e3-02ab-4ab1-a04b-a99e32629b0f (old id 1301997)
- date added to LUP
- 2016-04-04 09:10:07
- date last changed
- 2025-01-06 04:57:24
@article{392148e3-02ab-4ab1-a04b-a99e32629b0f,
abstract = {{Why was Scandinavia the first place in the world to <br/><br>
introduce national laws allowing registered partnership between <br/><br>
same-sex couples? This article is a survey and historical <br/><br>
documentation of the registered partnership laws throughout <br/><br>
Scandinavia, documenting their origin in Denmark in 1989 and <br/><br>
their subsequent adoption by every Nordic country. The origins <br/><br>
of the laws are traced to the 1970s criticism of the nuclear <br/><br>
family, the AIDS epidemic, a general cultural emphasis of <br/><br>
consensus, and the structure of the welfare state. The article <br/><br>
investigates what the new homosexual family unit is permitted to <br/><br>
be, and asks whether the new laws have proven to be liberatory, <br/><br>
or a means of subtle repression and control.}},
author = {{Rydström, Jens}},
issn = {{1363-4607}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{1-2}},
pages = {{193--226}},
publisher = {{SAGE Publications}},
series = {{Sexualities}},
title = {{Legalizing Love in a Cold Climate: The History, Consequences and Recent Developments of Registered Partnerships in Scandinavia}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1363460707085470}},
doi = {{10.1177/1363460707085470}},
volume = {{11}},
year = {{2008}},
}