Out of the Closets and into the Courts : Legal Opportunity Structure and Gay Rights Litigation.

Out of the Closets and into the Courts : Legal Opportunity Structure and Gay Rights Litigation.

Over the past 30 years, the gay rights movement has moved from the margins to the center of American politics, sparking debate from bedroom to boardroom to battlefield. Out of the Closets and into the Courts analyzes recent gay rights cases and explores the complex relationship between litigation an...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: University of Michigan Press 2009.
Subjects:
Gay people > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Gays > Legal status, laws, etc.
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • The puzzle of gay rights litigation
  • LOS and the emergence of gay rights litigation
  • An overview of Lambda and its litigation
  • Sodomy reform from Stonewall to Bowers
  • Sodomy reform from Bowers to Lawrence
  • The law and politics of antigay initiatives
  • The case of same-sex marriage
  • LOS and legal change.

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