David Rayside
Affidavit prepared for Hislop v. Canada (2003), analysing the development of rights protections for
sexual minorities
Affidavit prepared for Halpern, et al. v. A.G. Canada (2000), analysing patterns of political avoidance
of issues related to sexual orientation, and therefore favouring judicial action in challenging the
constitutionality of a heterosexual definition of marriage
Report on the Status of Lesbians and Gays in the Profession, and Working Toward an Inclusive Political
Science: Recommendations for the American Political Science Association, prepared on behalf
of the Committee on the Status of Gays and Lesbians in the Profession of the American Political
Science Association, for submission to the Council of the APSA, August 1995 (drafted by David
Rayside and Martha Ackelsberg)
Affidavit prepared for Douglas v. The Queen (1991), critically analyzing the Canadian Armed Forces use
of public opinion data to justify retaining the ban on lesbians and gays serving in the military
Sexual Orientation as a Prohibited Ground of Discrimination: Brief Submitted to the Standing Committee
on the Administration of Justice, Ontario Legislative Assembly, in regard to Bill 7 (with James
Hathaway, on behalf of the Right to Privacy Committee), February l986.
Brief submitted to the Sub-Committee on Equality Rights of the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal
Affairs, House of Commons (with George Smith, on behalf of the Right to Privacy Committee), June l985.

Conference Papers and Presentations

“Sexual Diversity, Religious Mobilization, and Moral Traditionalism in the Ontario Party System, 1986-2013,” co-authored paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 2017

“Canadian LGBT Politics After Winning Marriage,” paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, May 2014

“Faith and Party Politics in Alberta” (with Paul Thomas and Jerald Sabin), paper presented to the Annual
Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, June 2012
“Sex Ed in Ontario: Religious Mobilization and Socio-Cultural Anxiety,” paper presented to the Annual
Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, May 2010
“Muslim Response to LGBT Claims in Canada and the United States” (with Momin Rahman), paper presented
to the Second International Conference on LGBT Human Rights, Copenhagen, July 2009
“On the Horns of a Permanent Dilemma: The Strategic Challenges Faced by Canada’s Partisan Right
Over the Public Recognition of Sexual Diversity,” paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the
American Political science Association, Chicago, September 2007.
“Inclusion, Assimilation, and Political Recognition of Gay and Lesbian Rights in Canada and the United
States,” the 27th Frank M. Covey, Jr. Loyola Lectures in Political Analysis, Loyola University
Chicago, 13 March 2003
“Public School Recognition of Sexual Diversity in The U.S. and Canada,” paper presented to the Annual
Meeting of the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Studies Association,” Dalhousie University, May-June 2003
“Labour Union Recognition of Sexual Diversity in Canada and The Netherlands” (with Gerald Hunt),
paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association,
Washington, D.C., September 2000.
“The Institutional and Partisan Context for Sexual Diversity Politics in Washington State and British
Columbia,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association,
Seattle, March 1999
“Homophobia in England,” paper presented at the 4th Annual Lesbian Bisexual & Gay Studies Conference,
Harvard University, October 1990
“Lesbian and Gay Activism, Political Culture, and the State in the U.S., Canada, and Britain,” paper
presented to “Identity/Space/Power: Lessbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Politics,”
conference organized by the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies of the City University of
New York, February 1996.
“Coming Out: Autobiographical Reflections on Reading Paul Monette’s Becoming a Man,” paper
presented at “Voyages and Discoveries,” University College Symposium 16, 2 February 1994.
“The Openly-Gay Politician in the U.S.,” paper presented at “Queer Sites,” a lesbian, gay, bisexual studies
conference at the University of Toronto, 13-15 May 1993.
“AIDS Policy in Canada,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science
Association, San Francisco, September 1990
“The Liberalization of Gay Liberation,” paper presented to the Annual General Meeting of the Canadian
Political Science Association, Guelph, June l984