This thoroughly updated edition provides readers with the background and resources needed to understand one of the greatest civil rights issues of our time.
When it was first published in 1994,Gay and Lesbian Rights: A Reference Handbookwas acclaimed inSchool Library Journalfor taking a sober and balanced approach in addressing this emotionally charged and complex topic. The new edition shows just how far the nation has come in securing legal protections regardless of sexual orientationand how far we still have to go.
Gay and Lesbian Rights: A Reference Handbook, Second Editionprovides a history of the gay liberation and gay rights movements in the United States and other parts of the world. Maintaining the careful approach of the first edition, it addresses a range of current issues from housing and employment discrimination to military service to same-sex marriage and adoption laws. Wholly rewritten, with almost 80 percent new material, it is the ideal introduction to one of the most important civil rights issues in the world today.
David E. Newtonis formerly professor of chemistry and physics at Salem State College, Salem, MA, and adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
As a whole,Gay and Lesbian Rightsserves as a basic introduction to a significant social movement, and the bibliographies for the first three chapters can lead readers to more in-depth information. ARBAonline
As recent ballot measures on same-sex marriage show, gay and lesbian rights continue to be a controversial in the U.S. This wide-ranging guide to current issues affecting lesbian and gay people not only covers marriage, but also deals with housing and employment discrimination, hate crimes, military service, and adoption. An introductory section gives an overview of the history of the lesbian and gay struggle for civil rights, and other sections list organizations involved withlÓ
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