Homosexuality and the Law: A Dictionary (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781576072677)

This reference work provides important information about the role academic research has played in the ever-evolving laws covering homosexuality.

A comprehensive overview of homosexuality and the law, this fascinating dictionary opens with a history of the Gay Rights Movement which started in Germany during the l860s with Karl Heinrich Ulrich, the "Grandfather of Gay Liberation," who wrote 12 books including, Researches on the Riddle of Love Between Men. Homosexuals were later herded into Nazi concentration camps, where 50,000 of them died. When the war ended, Allied commanders forced homosexuals to finish their prison sentences.

This book has 112 entries on subjects such as absurd sex laws, the Crittendon Report, the Boy Scouts, the l996 Defense of Marriage Act, surgical alterations, discrimination, sodomy, loitering, wills, and more. A nearly 100 page appendix details state and local laws. The book includes a list of advocacy organizations and other references, a table of cases, and an extensive bibliography.

Author: Chuck Stewart
ISBN-10: 1576072673
ISBN-13: 9781576072677
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Language: English
Published: 05/29/2001
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.67lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.32w x 1.18d

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Library Journal 05/01/2001 pg. 74
Booklist 12/01/2001 pg. 672
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2002 pg. 465
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2001 pg. 171
Choice 11/01/2001 pg. 493
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2002 pg. 259
Rec Ref Bks for Small/Med Libr 01/01/2002 pg. 120
School Library Journal 08/01/2001 pg. 73
Black Issues Book Review 05/01/2005 pg. 58