Late nineteenth-century Canada was not exactly a place that welcomed difference or embraced diversity. In fact, thanks to “degeneration” theory and its believers among social scientists and medical experts, both racism and homophobia were growing in the new Confederation.
The theory of “degeneration” suggested that societies could be put into three categories – the “primitive [...]
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Racism and Homophobia: The Chinese in Victorian Canada
Posted in Dominion of Canada, gay/bi men's history, history on March 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
