This thoroughly updated edition provides readers with the background and resources needed to understand one of the greatest civil rights issues of our time.
David E. Newton is formerly professor of chemistry and physics at Salem State College, Salem, MA, and adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
As a whole, Gay and Lesbian Rights serves as a basic introduction
to a significant social movement, and the bibliographies for the
first three chapters can lead readers to more in-depth
information.
*ARBAonline*
As recent ballot measures on same-sex marriage show, gay and
lesbian rights continue to be a controversial in the U.S. This
wide-ranging guide to current issues affecting lesbian and gay
people not only covers marriage, but also deals with housing and
employment discrimination, hate crimes, military service, and
adoption. An introductory section gives an overview of the history
of the lesbian and gay struggle for civil rights, and other
sections list organizations involved with gay and lesbian rights
(most of them supportive) and provide resources for further
information on the topics covered in the book. Of less obvious
utility are a chronology of the legal struggle for lesbian and gay
rights and a section of somewhat arbitrarily selected biographies
of important figures in the gay and lesbian rights movement.
*Reference & Research Book News*
…for a current, single-volume overview of LGBT legislation, legal
rights, and policy, this work will suffice.
*School Library Journal*
The second edition of Gay and Lesbian Rights: A Reference Handbook
is an excellent reference book, well worth adding to a library's
collection.
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