Title: Courting justice
Description: Since 1958, twenty-five men and two women have forced the Supreme Court to consider whether the Constitution's promises of equal protection apply to gay Americans. Here former Washington Post editor Joyce Murdoch and her partner, celebrated lesbian columnist Deb Price, reveal how the nation's highest court has reacted to these cases-from the surprising 1958 victory of a tiny homosexual magazine to the 2000 defeat of a gay Eagle Scout. A triumph of investigative reporting, Courting Justice draws on interviews with justices' friends, relatives, and former clerks to offer an inside look at individual rulings and the often surprising context of those decisions. Murdoch and Price's careful research and passionate advocacy give us an inspiring new perspective on the unfolding of the gay rights movement in America.
Subjects: Gays, Gay rights, Legal status, laws, LGBTQ history, Stonewall Book Awards, LGBTQ law & legal, Lambda Literary Awards, Lambda Literary Award Winner, Gays, legal status, laws, etc., Lesbians, United States. Supreme Court
Places: United States