{"product_id":"policy-issues-affecting-lesbian-gay-sean-cahill-9780472030613","title":"Policy Issues Affecting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Families","description":"\u003cp\u003eLesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people face the same family issues as their heterosexual counterparts, but that is only the beginning of their struggle. The LGBT community also encounters legal barriers to government recognition of their same-sex relationships and relationships to their own children. \u003ci\u003ePolicy Issues Affecting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Families \u003c\/i\u003eaddresses partner recognition, parenting, issues affecting children of LGBT parents, health care, discrimination, senior care and elder rights, and equal access to social services. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSean Cahill and Sarah Tobias provide up-to-date, accurate analysis of the major policies affecting LGBT people, their same-sex partners, and their children. This valuable resource offers literature reviews of demographic research as well as original research based on the U.S. Census same-sex couple sample. It also provides a look at the 30-year history of right-wing anti-gay activism and the intra-community intellectual debates over the fight for marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The sheer diversity of gay people and opinion shines through Cahill and Tobias's fact-packed depiction of same-sex couples and their kids, their needs and day-to-day challenges, and the movement for fairness and the freedom to marry. The disparate personal stories and struggles in this informative book underscore the importance of ending discrimination in marriage and ensuring that no family is left behind.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Evan Wolfson, Founder and Executive Director of the Freedom to Marry Project\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A concise, comprehensive guide to gay-family issues that combines an impassioned progressive sensibility with a firm respect for facts.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Jonathan Rauch, senior writer and columnist for \u003ci\u003eNational Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e correspondent, and author of \u003ci\u003eGay Marriage: Why It Is Good for Gays, Good for Straights, and Good for America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Cahill and Tobias offer readers a thorough and immensely readable guide to the legal problems faced by LGBT families.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Ellen Andersen, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"For an account of policy issues that frame lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) family lives here in the United States, one need look no further. Sean Cahill and Sarah Tobias supply accurate and up-to-date information about the legal and policy contexts of LGBT lives across the country. This book is sure to be a valuable resource for students and scholars, as well as for others seeking to understand and challenge discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Charlotte J. Patterson, University of Virginia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSean Cahill is Director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah Tobias is a feminist theorist and LGBT activist who earned her Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University. She has taught Political Theory at colleges in New York and New Jersey, and currently works as Senior Policy Analyst in the Democracy program at Demos, a New York City-based think tank.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sean Cahill,Sarah Tobias\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472030612\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472030613\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.54w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2007 pg. 143","brand":"Sean Cahill","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48064989987071,"sku":"9780472030613","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a8713049-8dcf-4c7f-a95a-d175f191ca2a.jpg?v=1768672402","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/policy-issues-affecting-lesbian-gay-sean-cahill-9780472030613","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}