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Description
This reference work provides important information about the role academic research has played in the ever-evolving laws covering homosexuality.
A comprehensive overview of homosexuality and the law, this fascinating dictionary opens with a history of the Gay Rights Movement which started in Germany during the l860s with Karl Heinrich Ulrich, the "Grandfather of Gay Liberation," who wrote 12 books including, Researches on the Riddle of Love Between Men. Homosexuals were later herded into Nazi concentration camps, where 50,000 of them died. When the war ended, Allied commanders forced homosexuals to finish their prison sentences.
This book has 112 entries on subjects such as absurd sex laws, the Crittendon Report, the Boy Scouts, the l996 Defense of Marriage Act, surgical alterations, discrimination, sodomy, loitering, wills, and more. A nearly 100 page appendix details state and local laws. The book includes a list of advocacy organizations and other references, a table of cases, and an extensive bibliography.
Product details
Published | 29 May 2001 |
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Format | Hardback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 448 |
ISBN | 9781576072677 |
Imprint | ABC-CLIO |
Dimensions | 229 x 152 mm |
Series | Contemporary Legal Issues |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Appropriate both for novices investigating the legal implications of homosexuality and for researchers and attorneys, this is recommended for all libraries.
Library Journal
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This accessible, informative dictionary describes and illuminates a dynamic, contentious field. . . . Highly recommended for all academic and public libraries.
Choice
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An introduction offers a concise history of the gay rights movement that will prove useful for individuals just beginning their research. The well-developed index will be most helpful in ferreting out specific terms, especially for people new to this topic. . . . Homosexuality and the Law would be very appropriate in public libraries of any size, as well as high school and academic libraries.
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