Title: Violence against lesbians and gay men
First published: 1991
Description: Violence Against Lesbians and Gay Men is the first book to reveal the shocking problem of anti-gay/lesbian violence. Beginning with an overview of the emergence of lesbian and gay neighborhoods in major U.S. cities after World War II, Comstock describes how the increased visibility of lesbians and gay men was followed by physical attacks that were illegal but socially sanctioned. He presents results of his survey on present-day violence and then studies the perpetrators, using information supplied by survey participants as well as reports from the media, court records, and personal interviews. Finally, Comstock proposes a sociological explanation for the fact that adolescent males are the group most prone to violence against lesbians and gay men.
Subjects: Gays, Violence against, Homosexueller, Gewalt, Homoseksuelen, Lesbierin, Geweld, Crimes contre les Homosexuels, Crimes against, Hate crimes, Gay men, Lesbians, Gays, crimes against, LGBTQ history, Stonewall Book Awards, Statistics, LGBTQ anthropology
Places: United States
LC classification: HV6250.4.H66 C66 1991