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This book examines why the US and Canada have produced such divergent policy outcomes in affording rights to their gay and lesbian citizens. Smith's contribution will prove vital as movements for lesbian and gay rights continue to recast the social landscape in North America and beyond.

A lively memoir of LGBT activist Steve Endean?one of the most influential political strategists ever to lobby Washington DC!Bringing Lesbian and Gay Rights Into the Mainstream: Twenty Years of Progress is the spirited and provocative memoir that blows the lid off the complex machinations of state and national politics. LGBT activist Steve Endean's autobiographical chronicle, completed shortly before his death in 1993, tells insider stories that are sometimes rousing, other times infuriating, recounting the fight for lesbian and gay rights from the trenches of the Minnesota state capital to the

My Minnesota roots -- Pushing the pedals of power : from Minnesota to the gay rights national lobby -- Money talks : gay and lesbian political clout and the founding of the Human Rights Campaign Fund -- We've met the enemy-- and the enemy is us : internal conflicts can be far more painful than fighting homophobes -- Beginning again : building an effective capacity to generate grassroots mail to Congress -- Speak out -- If it ain't broken-- : demonstrating a need for the gay and lesbian rights legislation -- One-to-one lobbying -- Do dog and pony shows make a difference? : how much do hearings really matter? -- Thoughts on fund-raising -- Of battles lost and opportunities missed -- Bedfellows make strange politics : of hypocrisy and honesty, coming out and "outing" -- The politics of self-indulgence? : a self-confessed "insider" assesses his experience with protest activities -- Wrapping up a movement career : retiring on disability, acknowledgement, and-- victory!

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

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 e

The roots of activism : homosexuals and Christian evangelicals before the fight -- The conflict emerges in the 1970s -- Organizational development through the 1980s -- Where's the party? Entering the Republican and Democratic folds -- Taking to the streets : protest and direct democracy -- Culture wars : battles for the hearts and minds of America -- The impact of the religious right on lesbian and gay activism

Sexuality is neither stable, tidy, nor developmental. This new study provides a critical analysis of the development of gay and lesbian studies alongside the development of queer theory, the disputes between them, and criticism of their activities from both in and outside of the gay academic community