Foreword / Rev. Dr. Cheri DiNovo

Introduction

Part 1: LGBTQ Voters

1 Profile of the Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Electorate in Canada / Andrea M.L. Perrella, Steven D. Brown, and Barry Kay

2 Winning as a Woman/Winning as a Lesbian: Voter Attitudes toward Kathleen Wynne in the 2014 Ontario Election / Joanna Everitt and Tracey Raney

3 Media Framing of Lesbian and Gay Politicians: Is Sexual Mediation at Work? / Mireille Lalancette and Manon Tremblay

4 Electing LGBT Representatives and the Voting System in Canada / Dennis Pilon

Part 2: LGBTQ Representatives

5 LGBT Groups and the Canadian Conservative Movement: A New Relationship? / Frédéric Boily and Ève Robidoux-Descary

6 Liberalism and the Protection of LGBT Rights in Canada / Brooke Jeffrey

7 A True Match? The Federal New Democratic Party and LGBTQ Communities and Politics / Alexa DeGagne

8 Representation: The Case of LGBTQ People / Manon Tremblay

9 Pathway to Office: The Eligibility, Recruitment, Selection, and Election of LGBT Candidates / Joanna Everitt, Manon Tremblay, and Angelia Wagner

10 LGBTQ Perspectives on Political Candidacy in Canada / Angelia Wagner

11 Out to Win: The ProudPolitics Approach to LGBTQ Electoralism / Curtis Atkins

12 LGBT Place Management: Representative Politics and Toronto’s Gay Village / Catherine J. Nash and Andrew Gorman-Murray

Afterword: The Champion / Graeme Truelove

Index