Research Catalog

Title

Gay and lesbian rights : a reference handbook / David E. Newton.

Author

Newton, David E.

Publication

Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2009.

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Details

Description

xvii, 301 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

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.

Series Statement

Contemporary world issues

Uniform Title

Contemporary world issues.

Subject

• Gay rights > United States > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Gay liberation movement > United States > Handbooks, manuals, etc

Genre/Form

• Handbooks and manuals
• Reference works
• Reference works.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-281) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Background and history -- Problems, controversies, and solutions -- Worldwide perspective -- Chronology -- Biographical sketches -- Data and documents -- Directory of organizations -- Resources.

ISBN

• 9781598843064 (alk. paper)
• 1598843060 (alk. paper)
• 9781598843071 (ebook)
• 1598843079 (ebook)

LCCN

^^2009024255

OCLC

• 399530812
• SCSB-10926778

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library