Beschreibung:
Sexual Minorities and Politics is the first textbook to provide students with an up-to-date, thorough, and comprehensive overview of the historical, political, and legal status of sexual and gender minorities. The text provides lists of key terms and discussion questions in each chapter to aid in student comprehension and fuel classroom debate.
Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: The Emergence of a Movement for Sexual Minorities and its Opposition in the United StatesChapter 3: Political TheoryChapter 4: Social Movements, Electoral Politics, and Public OpinionChapter 5: Courts and the LGBT Rights MovementChapter 6: Public PoliciesChapter 7: The Transgender and Intersex Movements, Law, and PolicyChapter 8: Global Developments