Author: Jeremiah J. Garretson
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1479881929
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
An innovative, data-driven explanation of how public opinion shifted on LGBTQ rights The Path to Gay Rights is the first social science analysis of how and why the LGBTQ movement achieved its most unexpected victory---transforming gay people from a despised group of social deviants into a minority worthy of rights and protections in the eyes of most Americans. The book weaves together a narrative of LGBTQ history with new findings from the field of political psychology to provide an understanding of how social movements affect mass attitudes in the United States and globally. Using data going back to the 1970s, the book argues that the current understanding of how social movements change mass opinion—through sympathetic media coverage and endorsements from political leaders—cannot provide an adequate explanation for the phenomenal success of the LGBTQ movement at changing the public’s views. In The Path to Gay Rights, Jeremiah Garretson argues that the LGBTQ community’s response to the AIDS crisis was a turning point for public support of gay rights. ACT-UP and related AIDS organizations strategically targeted political and media leaders, normalizing news coverage of LGBTQ issues and AIDS and signaled to LGBTQ people across the United States that their lives were valued. The net result was an increase in the number of LGBTQ people who came out and lived their lives openly, and with increased contact with gay people, public attitudes began to warm and change. Garretson goes beyond the story of LGBTQ rights to develop an evidence-based argument for how social movements can alter mass opinion on any contentious topic.
The Path to Gay Rights
Author: Jeremiah J. Garretson
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1479881929
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
An innovative, data-driven explanation of how public opinion shifted on LGBTQ rights The Path to Gay Rights is the first social science analysis of how and why the LGBTQ movement achieved its most unexpected victory---transforming gay people from a despised group of social deviants into a minority worthy of rights and protections in the eyes of most Americans. The book weaves together a narrative of LGBTQ history with new findings from the field of political psychology to provide an understanding of how social movements affect mass attitudes in the United States and globally. Using data going back to the 1970s, the book argues that the current understanding of how social movements change mass opinion—through sympathetic media coverage and endorsements from political leaders—cannot provide an adequate explanation for the phenomenal success of the LGBTQ movement at changing the public’s views. In The Path to Gay Rights, Jeremiah Garretson argues that the LGBTQ community’s response to the AIDS crisis was a turning point for public support of gay rights. ACT-UP and related AIDS organizations strategically targeted political and media leaders, normalizing news coverage of LGBTQ issues and AIDS and signaled to LGBTQ people across the United States that their lives were valued. The net result was an increase in the number of LGBTQ people who came out and lived their lives openly, and with increased contact with gay people, public attitudes began to warm and change. Garretson goes beyond the story of LGBTQ rights to develop an evidence-based argument for how social movements can alter mass opinion on any contentious topic.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1479881929
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
An innovative, data-driven explanation of how public opinion shifted on LGBTQ rights The Path to Gay Rights is the first social science analysis of how and why the LGBTQ movement achieved its most unexpected victory---transforming gay people from a despised group of social deviants into a minority worthy of rights and protections in the eyes of most Americans. The book weaves together a narrative of LGBTQ history with new findings from the field of political psychology to provide an understanding of how social movements affect mass attitudes in the United States and globally. Using data going back to the 1970s, the book argues that the current understanding of how social movements change mass opinion—through sympathetic media coverage and endorsements from political leaders—cannot provide an adequate explanation for the phenomenal success of the LGBTQ movement at changing the public’s views. In The Path to Gay Rights, Jeremiah Garretson argues that the LGBTQ community’s response to the AIDS crisis was a turning point for public support of gay rights. ACT-UP and related AIDS organizations strategically targeted political and media leaders, normalizing news coverage of LGBTQ issues and AIDS and signaled to LGBTQ people across the United States that their lives were valued. The net result was an increase in the number of LGBTQ people who came out and lived their lives openly, and with increased contact with gay people, public attitudes began to warm and change. Garretson goes beyond the story of LGBTQ rights to develop an evidence-based argument for how social movements can alter mass opinion on any contentious topic.
Gay Rights and Moral Panic
Author: F. Fejes
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 023061468X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Using the 1977 campaign against the Dade County Florida gay rights ordinance as a focal point, this book provides an examination of the emergence of the modern lesbian and gay American movement, the challenges it posed to the accepted American notions of sexuality, and how American society reacted in turn.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 023061468X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Using the 1977 campaign against the Dade County Florida gay rights ordinance as a focal point, this book provides an examination of the emergence of the modern lesbian and gay American movement, the challenges it posed to the accepted American notions of sexuality, and how American society reacted in turn.
Gay Rights
Author: Rachel Kranz
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438125496
Category : Gay rights
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Provides an overview of issues related to gay rights, including history, terminology, biographical information on important individuals, and a complete annotated bibliography.
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438125496
Category : Gay rights
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Provides an overview of issues related to gay rights, including history, terminology, biographical information on important individuals, and a complete annotated bibliography.
The Gay Rights Movement
Author: Eric Braun
Publisher: Lerner Publications ™
ISBN: 1541536967
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A lot has changed throughout the history of the gay rights movement. In 1969, the Stonewall Riots brought light to a movement that would later establish gay pride parades and persist in the fight for same-sex marriage. But allies and LGBTQ+ community members are still fighting for progress today. What are the gay rights movement's main concerns today? And what challenges has the movement faced? Learn about the key people and events that have paved the way for the modern gay rights movement and how members from the LGBTQ+ community have joined the cause to advocate for equal rights.
Publisher: Lerner Publications ™
ISBN: 1541536967
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A lot has changed throughout the history of the gay rights movement. In 1969, the Stonewall Riots brought light to a movement that would later establish gay pride parades and persist in the fight for same-sex marriage. But allies and LGBTQ+ community members are still fighting for progress today. What are the gay rights movement's main concerns today? And what challenges has the movement faced? Learn about the key people and events that have paved the way for the modern gay rights movement and how members from the LGBTQ+ community have joined the cause to advocate for equal rights.
Gay Rights
Author: David L. Hudson
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438106025
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
Explores the debate over what rights gay individuals should have, including marriage, protection from institutionalized discrimination, and military policy. Thought provoking questions on personal situations and public policy are set within text to encourage reader engagement.
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438106025
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
Explores the debate over what rights gay individuals should have, including marriage, protection from institutionalized discrimination, and military policy. Thought provoking questions on personal situations and public policy are set within text to encourage reader engagement.
Gay Rights at the Ballot Box
Author: Amy L. Stone
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 0816675473
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
From Boulder in 1974 to Maine Question 1 in 2009, the first comprehensive history of the LGBT movement's fight against anti-gay ballot measures
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 0816675473
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
From Boulder in 1974 to Maine Question 1 in 2009, the first comprehensive history of the LGBT movement's fight against anti-gay ballot measures
The Gay Rights Question in Contemporary American Law
Author: Andrew Koppelman
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226451038
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
The gay rights question is whether the second-class legal status of gay people should be changed. In this book Andrew Koppelman shows the powerful legal and moral case for gay equality, but argues that courts cannot and should not impose it. The Gay Rights Question in Contemporary American Law offers an unusually nuanced analysis of the most pressing gay rights issues. Does antigay discrimination violate the Constitution? Is there any sound moral objection to homosexual conduct? Are such objections the moral and constitutional equivalent of racism? Must state laws recognizing same-sex unions be given effect in other states? Should courts take account of popular resistance to gay equality? Koppelman sheds new light on all these questions. Sure to upset purists on either side of the debate, Koppelman's book criticizes the legal arguments advanced both for and against gay rights. Just as important, it places these arguments in broader moral and social contexts, offering original, pragmatic, and workable legal solutions.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226451038
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
The gay rights question is whether the second-class legal status of gay people should be changed. In this book Andrew Koppelman shows the powerful legal and moral case for gay equality, but argues that courts cannot and should not impose it. The Gay Rights Question in Contemporary American Law offers an unusually nuanced analysis of the most pressing gay rights issues. Does antigay discrimination violate the Constitution? Is there any sound moral objection to homosexual conduct? Are such objections the moral and constitutional equivalent of racism? Must state laws recognizing same-sex unions be given effect in other states? Should courts take account of popular resistance to gay equality? Koppelman sheds new light on all these questions. Sure to upset purists on either side of the debate, Koppelman's book criticizes the legal arguments advanced both for and against gay rights. Just as important, it places these arguments in broader moral and social contexts, offering original, pragmatic, and workable legal solutions.
Gay Rights
Author: Tina Kafka
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
ISBN: 1420502565
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Gay rights promote equality in all areas of life, including marriage and protection in the workplace. According to Gallup, 4.1 percent of Americans identify as LGBT, with growth highest in women, millennial, Hispanic, and Asian populations. Nearly 71,000 LGBT people currently serve in the armed forces, and 6 percent of children in foster care are being raised by LGBT people. This book provides thorough and balanced information on the topic of gay rights. Its visually appealing presentation and compelling examples provide context. Readers will be inspired to think critically about gay rights and the ways in which current legislation and debate impact their peers and community.
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
ISBN: 1420502565
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Gay rights promote equality in all areas of life, including marriage and protection in the workplace. According to Gallup, 4.1 percent of Americans identify as LGBT, with growth highest in women, millennial, Hispanic, and Asian populations. Nearly 71,000 LGBT people currently serve in the armed forces, and 6 percent of children in foster care are being raised by LGBT people. This book provides thorough and balanced information on the topic of gay rights. Its visually appealing presentation and compelling examples provide context. Readers will be inspired to think critically about gay rights and the ways in which current legislation and debate impact their peers and community.
The Politics of Gay Rights
Author: Craig A. Rimmerman
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226719986
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
The contributors to this volume thoroughly investigate the politics of the gay and lesbian movement, beginning with its political organizations and tactics. The essays also address the strategies and ideology of conservative opposition groups.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226719986
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
The contributors to this volume thoroughly investigate the politics of the gay and lesbian movement, beginning with its political organizations and tactics. The essays also address the strategies and ideology of conservative opposition groups.
Identity and the Case for Gay Rights
Author: David A. J. Richards
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226712095
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
1. THE RACIAL ANALOGY
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226712095
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
1. THE RACIAL ANALOGY