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Border Crossings: Barriers to Immigration Facing Canadian-American Same-Sex Couples

Steve Macisaac

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Steve Macisaac

Résumé de la communication

“Border Crossings”, a ten-page graphic novella, examines how marriage and sexual orientation visibility serve as markers for legal status and how their absence undermines queer relationships. The narrative weaves together threads set in Vancouver, Los Angeles and Tokyo. In one storyline, a gay couple brainstorms how Steve, the Canadian, can legally stay in the US because immigration through marriage is not recognized. In the second, Steve is interrogated about his work visa by a border guard who has the sole power to decide whether he can stay in the US and, by extension, in his relationship. In the third thread, Steve discusses his ambivalence about moving to the States, while the final stream concerns his parents’ 50th wedding anniversary. Steve is the only child at the celebration without a spouse or family, due to his decision to “respect” his parents’ anniversary by not bringing his partner. The various plot lines explore how the absence of legal recognition in the States places barriers to Canadian-American gay couples that heterosexuals do not face. North of the border, visibility as a bi-national gay couple provides the American partner entry into Canadian culture and identity. South of the border, that same relationship visibility blocks entry by the Canadian.

Résumé du colloque

Jack Jedwab et Bruno Ramirez, deux historiens réputés, spécialistes des migrations canado-américaines, seront réunis dans un même panel traitant de l'évolution récente de ces migrations.

Contexte

Section :

Les Canadiens aux États-Unis : culture, économie et société des rêveurs américains

Thème du colloque :

Les Canadiens aux États-Unis : culture, économie et société des rêveurs américains

Responsables :

Rémy Tremblay Bruno Ramirez

Hôte : Université de Montréal

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