Book Outline

In the book, Doug Janoff critically examines the concept of homophobia, homophobic legal practices, queer homicides and the “homosexual panic defence,” hate crime legislation, the regulation of homosexuality by the state, the homophobic behaviour of police officers, as well as the laws, policies and programs that attempt to address homophobic and transphobic violence in Canada.

Pink Blood is broken down into the following sections and chapters:

• Necrology: The names of 120 men and women who have died in Canada since 1990.
• Introduction
• Chapter One - Methodology and the Media: Reading between the lines
• Chapter Two - Theories of Homophobia: Why do they want to hurt us?
• Chapter Three - The Horror of Homophobic Violence
• Chapter Four - Law, Homophobia and Violence: Legislating against hate
• Chapter Five - Homo-cide: Getting away with it?
• Chapter Six - Homophobia, Violence and Policing in Canada
• Chapter Seven - Urban Cowboys and Rural Rednecks: Community resistance to homophobic violence
• Conclusion
• Endnotes - Over 1200 references to books, articles and other documentation related to homophobic violence
• Recommended Reading