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International Product Fact Sheet • Reviews & Awards • Both |
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| Imprint: ABC-CLIO |
| Publication Date: 05/2003 |
| Pages: 403 |
| Volumes:
1 |
| Size:
6x9 |
| Format | | Price | | ISBN-13 | | Print | | £31.95 | | 978-1-85109-372-4 | | eBook | | Call for price | | 978-1-85109-373-1 |
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Subject Area(s):
Current Events/Issues
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Series:
Contemporary World Issues |
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Gay and Lesbian Issues
A Reference Handbook
Chuck Stewart
Explores the contentious history of the international gay rights movement from its inception in Germany in the 1800s to today.
In 2001, the Netherlands became the first country in the world to allow marriage between same-sex partners. In Uganda, homosexuality is a crime punishable by life imprisonment. Depending on where you are in the world, homosexuality is an "unspeakable love," a biological deviance, a legitimate alternative lifestyle, or simply a non-issue.
Gay and Lesbian Issues: A Reference Handbook traces the developments, people, and organizations responsible for bringing homosexual issues to the public's attention. In addition to exploring such controversial issues as gays in the military and child adoption, this title discusses court decisions, pivotal events, and key individuals like Magnus Hirschfeld, Radclyffe Hall, and Harvey Milk, the San Francisco town supervisor who along with Mayor George Moscone was murdered by ex-supervisor Dan White.
What happens when a same-sex couple marrying in Holland returns to the United States expecting to be treated as legally married? This one of a kind reference explores the interplay of international politics with U.S. policies. Students, administrators and parents alike will discover a wealth of supportive data and statistics on hate crimes, adolescent suicide, military discrimination and much more.
Features
• Primary source documents include Colorado Amendment 2, the Crittenden Report, Executive Order 10450 (Dwight Eisenhower), "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," the Society for Human Rights charter, and the United Nations declarations on human rights and torture
• The chronology begins with Germany in the 1800s and shows how during times of cultural stress, such as war or economic depression, antigay sentiments increaseHighlights
• Provides unique international coverage of gay rights issues such as same-sex marriage, child adoption and custody, school protection programs, and gays in the military
• In addition to politics, explores the sociological, psychological, anthropological, and human rights aspects of gay rights issues
• Includes a directory to approximately 80 national and international pro- and anti-gay advocacy organizations and associations and more than 100 print, video, and Internet resources for further research
Chuck Stewart, Ph.D., is a consultant and writer on the topic of gay and lesbian issues and rights. He is author of ABC-CLIO's Homosexuality and the Law: A Dictionary.
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