Overview
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 Handbook was acclaimed in School Library Journal for 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 orientation—and how far we still have to go. Gay and Lesbian Rights: A Reference Handbook, Second Edition provides 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.
Full Product Details
Author: David E. Newton
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: ABC-CLIO
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.590kg
ISBN: 9781598843064
ISBN 10: 1598843060
Pages: 301
Publication Date: 01 October 2009
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
<p> As a whole, Gay and Lesbian RightS serves 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. - <p>ARBAonline
As a whole, Gay and Lesbian Rights serves 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 with gay and lesbian rights (most of them supportive) and provide resources for further information on the topics covered in the book. Of less obvious utility are a chronology of the legal struggle for lesbian and gay rights and a section of somewhat arbitrarily selected biographies of important figures in the gay and lesbian rights movement. - Reference & Research Book News ...for a current, single-volume overview of LGBT legislation, legal rights, and policy, this work will suffice. - School Library Journal The second edition of Gay and Lesbian Rights: A Reference Handbook is an excellent reference book, well worth adding to a library's collection. - Feminist Collections
<p> The second edition of Gay and Lesbian Rights: A Reference Handbook is an excellent reference book, well worth adding to a library's collection. - <p>Feminist Collections
Author Information
David E. Newton is formerly professor of chemistry and physics at Salem State College, Salem, MA, and adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
