Law and the Gay Rights Story : : The Long Search for Equal Justice in a Divided Democracy / / Walter Frank.
For much of the 20th century, American gays and lesbians lived in fear that public exposure of their sexualities might cause them to be fired, blackmailed, or even arrested. Today, they are enjoying an unprecedented number of legal rights and protections. Clearly, the tides have shifted for gays and...
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| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- PART I. The Freedom Struggle (1945-1992)
- 1. Isolation, Oppression, and Emergence (1945-1969)
- 2. Stonewall (1969)
- 3. Invisible No Longer (1969-1981)
- 4. The AIDS Crisis and Its Legacy (1981-1992)
- PART II. The Struggle for Legal Equality (1993 to the Present)
- 5. Three Key Developments
- 6. The Debate over Gay Rights
- 7. The Workplace
- 8. Freedom from Violence; Freedom to Serve
- 9. The Public School Struggle
- 10. The Gay Family
- 11. The Movement's Critics
- PART III. The Right to Marry
- 12. The State Constitutional Battles
- 13. The Supreme Court Confronts Same-Sex Marriage
- Conclusion
- Suggested Reading
- References
- Cases
- Index
- About the author