Fragmented citizens
Subtitle: the changing landscape of gay and lesbian lives
By: Stephen M. Engel
Publisher: NYU Press; New York University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 413
ISBN-13: 9781479809127
Subjects: Politics and government; Gay rights; Citizenship; Gays; Homophobia; Political activity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : fragmented citizens; title: 1. From individual rights to institutional recognition : toward a developmental account of gay and lesbian politics; title: 2. Excluding the homosexual : naming gender and sexual transgression; title: 3. Gay is good : multiple paths to recognizing unjust discrimination; title: 4. Recognizing ourselves : gay and lesbian interest groups and the consequences of self-definition; title: 5. Respect for private lives : closeting same-sex sexuality in public opinion, policy, and law; title: 6. A history of discrimination : gays and lesbians as a suspect class; title: 7. A jurisprudence of blindness : same-sex marriage, human dignity, and the erosion of scrutiny doctrine; title: Conclusion : to be whole.