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Includes bibliographical references and index. ; The puzzle of gay rights litigation -- LOS and the emergence of gay rights litigation -- An overview of Lambda and its litigation -- Sodomy reform from Stonewall to Bowers -- Sodomy reform from Bowers to Lawrence -- The law and politics of antigay initiatives -- The case of same-sex marriage -- LOS and legal change. ; Mode of access: Internet.

AbstractMulti-issue activists are sorely understudied, despite their acknowledged importance as bridges between social movements and issue domains. In this article we explore multi-issue activism, beginning with a large sample of AIDS activists and charting the degree and nature of overlapping issue involvement, the key role of "initiator" issues, and individual characteristics that promote multi-issue activism. We demonstrate that the great majority of these AIDS activists had sizable prior and ongoing participation histories in other issues, suggesting that movement across issue areas may be the norm rather than the exception. We also show that involvement in specific past issues served as gateways to later involvement in AIDS, that psychological engagement in politics prompted cross-issue activism even among these already activated individuals, and that unique personal characteristics (in this case gender and sexual orientation) led to more issue interconnectedness.