We Are Everywhere brings together the key primary sources relating to the politics of homosexuality. Tracing the evolution of the lesbian and gay movement, We AreEverywhere includes writings from the beginnings of the gay and lesbian movement in the 19th century; legal and government studies concerning rights of gay and lesbian citizens; articles from the early US liberation movement publications; documents from the first days of the AIDS epidemic to current activism; statements and writings from the movements within "the movement"; and finally, alook at the future...
We Are Everywhere brings together the key primary sources relating to the politics of homosexuality. Tracing the evolution of the lesbian and...
By using primary sources to construct a record of the issues, this text documents the struggles and challenges surrounding the politics of homosexuality. The documents found here explain the historical development of the various strands of contemporary lesbian and gay movements for rights and liberation. The editors discuss troublesome questions: can we speak of a lesbian and gay movement, or only of coalitions among different movements?; are lesbians and gays fighting for the same things, or do their agendas only coincide for political expedience? and who are their allies, and what are the...
By using primary sources to construct a record of the issues, this text documents the struggles and challenges surrounding the politics of homosexuali...
In this collection, political and public policy analysts explore the social concerns of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and the transgendered--what has come to be known as "lgbt" or "queer" politics. Compared to the humanities and to other social sciences, political science has been slow to address this phenomenon. Issues ranging from housing to adoption to laws on sodomy, however, have increasingly raised important political questions about the rights and status of sexual minorities, particularly within liberal democracies such as the United States, and also on an international level. This...
In this collection, political and public policy analysts explore the social concerns of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and the transgendered--what has ...
This text contends that being gay or lesbian is by definition political. The continually rising public consciousness of the needs and interests of gays and lesbians provides Blasius with a vehicle for showing how a particular aspect of human life comes to assume political dimensions.
This text contends that being gay or lesbian is by definition political. The continually rising public consciousness of the needs and interests of gay...
