A Defense of Lesbian and Gay Rights
In: Sex & Social Justice, S. 184-210
In: Sex & Social Justice, S. 184-210
In: Praxis international: a philosophical journal, Band 11, Heft 2, S. 195-213
ISSN: 0260-8448
A stronger conception of lesbian & gay rights is needed than is offered under the rubrics of liberty & of the right of privacy. Lesbian & gay rights are analyzed in terms of claims for: (1) the decriminalization of private, consensual homosexual acts between adults; (2) protection against invidious discrimination; & (3) the recognition of the ethical & social status of lesbian & gay relationships & associations. A political-ethical framework in which conceptions of autonomy, equality, & community are mutually developed is provided, & the uses & limits of privacy, the individual liberty vs community morality debate, constitutional morality, & the ambiguities of community are discussed. It is concluded that the respect for human equality & moral autonomy that underlies claims of individual rights locates persons in diverse & interacting social contexts & insists on the primacy of mutual respect as the governing norm encompassing community of right. D. Dennis
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In: UCLA Law Review, Band 49
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In: Routledge studies in North American politics, 1
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.
In: Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Band 6, S. 387-403
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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
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In: Sexual minorities in historical context
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!
In: Canadian journal of political science: CJPS = Revue canadienne de science politique : RCSP, Band 42, Heft 4, S. 1076-1077
ISSN: 0008-4239
In: Routledge studies in North American politics 1
In: Politics & gender: the journal of the Women and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association, Band 6, Heft 4, S. 631-634
ISSN: 1743-923X
In: Mobilization: the international quarterly review of social movement research, Band 15, Heft 1, S. 105-106
ISSN: 1086-671X