LGBTQ in the 21st Century / [compiled by] H.W. Wilson, a division of EBSCO Information Services.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

H.W. Wilson Company, compiler.

Series:

Reference shelf ; v. 89, no. 4.

Reference shelf ; v. 89, no. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sexual minorities--United States.

Sexual minorities.

Sexual minority community.

Transgender people.

Bisexual people.

Gay people.

Lesbians.

Civil rights.

United States.

Sexual minorities--Civil rights--United States.

Sexual minorities--United States--21st century--Sources.

Sexual minorities--Civil rights--United States--21st century--Sources.

Lesbians--United States--21st century--Sources.

Gay people--United States--21st century--Sources.

Bisexual people--United States--21st century--Sources.

Trans people--United States--21st century--Sources.

Trans people.

Sexual minority community--United States--21st century--Sources.

LGBTQ+ civil rights.

LGBTQ+ communities.

LGBTQ+ people.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xiv, 184 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

LGBTQ in the twenty-first century

Place of Publication:

Amenia, New York : Grey House Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

Issues explored in this title include the role of non-traditional same-sex families, and expanded protections for transgender people under the framework of civil rights. The acronym LGBTQ, standing for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer, is an acronym created to refer to a broad group of people, living around the world and coming from a wide variety of different creeds and cultures, whose behavior is seen as "nonconformist" with regard to mainstream concepts of gender and sexuality. For most of history, those who failed to conform with mainstream ideas about gender and sexuality were forced to hide their behavior or face social and legal penalties that could even include execution. Over time, LGBTQ people have fought for equal rights under the law and the right to express their sexuality or gender without reprisal. The primary issues in the United States surrounding LGBTQ individuals concern the degree to which individuals have the right to determine their own gender and sexual identity and whether other individuals have the right to discriminate against LGBTQ individuals based on their cultural, religious, or personal beliefs. - Publisher/Preface

Contents:

1. LGBTQ and the Law

Legalizing Identity: LGBTQ Rights and Laws

Onslaught of Anti-LGBT Bills in 2017 Has Activists "Playing Defense" / Susan Miller

The Equality Act is Essential in the Fight for LGBTQ Rights / Michelle Chen

U.S. Court Rules 1964 Civil Rights Law Protects LGBT Workers from Bias / Reuters

No, LGBTQ Americans Aren't in the Clear after Trump's Religious Liberty Order / Michelangelo Signorile

What Kentucky's Religious Freedom Bill Could Mean for LGBTQ Students / Iman Smith

The Many Dreadful Ways That the Trump Administration Will Hurt LGBTQ Health Care / Daniel Summers

In Conservative America, Small Cities Stand up for LGBT Rights / Letitia Stein

In Religious Freedom Debate, Two American Values Clash / Tom Gjelten

Trans Activist Sarah McBride to Make History at DNC / Emma Margolin

2. LGBTQ and the World

The Global Perspective: LGBTQ Rights Around the World^^^ Most Countries Score an F on Our LGBT Human Rights Report Card / Susan Dicklitch-Nelson and Berwood Yost

Ontario's Multiparent LGBTQ Families Have Another Reason to Celebrate This Season / Alison Motluk

Time to Panic / Masha Gessen

The Coming Islamic Culture War / Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Nathaniel Barr

U.N. Experts Condemn Killing and Torture of Gay Men in Chechnya / Sewell Chan

3. LGBTQ Culture

Culture in Evolution: LGBTQ People in Society

"Discrimination is Doing its Dirty Work": A New Survey Looks at the Effects of Anti-LGBTQ Hate / German Lopez

Is It Time We Agreed on a Gender-Neutral Singular Pronoun? / Gary Nunn

The Gender Identity Terms You Need to Know / Cydney Adams

Corporate America's Evolution on L.G.B.T. Rights / Richard Socarides

Exclusive: Gay Man Explains His Petition to "Drop the T" in LGBT / David Marcus

Infinite Identities / Katy Steinmetz

Transgender Issues Are Driving a Wedge in LGBT Community, Says Activist Ousted from Pride Parade / Bryan Polcyn and Stephen Davis

Why the Trump Administration Won't Ask about LGBT Americans on the 2020 Census / Emma Green

4. LGBTQ in the Schools

Teaching and Learning Gender and Sexuality: LGBTQ in the Schools

A Letter from an Ivy League Admissions Dean / James Freeman

Could Betsy DeVos Be an Ally for Transgender Students? It's Complicated / Story Hinckley

Minnesota Kindergarten Students Forced to Confront Gender Identity / Kelsey Harkness

LBGT Students Are Not Safe at School / Marissa Higgins

California Approves LGBT history Lessons for Classrooms / Associated Press

5. LGBTQ and the Family

Family Matters: LGBTQ Parenting and Families

Texas Poised to Allow Adoptions to Be Blocked on Religious Basis / Ian Lovett

This Is What It's Like to Raise a Gender-Neutral Child

^ Bo Hanna

I'm a Gay Parent, Still Trying to Find My Identity in the LGBTQ Community / Amber Leventry

Why Raising a Gender Neutral Child is a Terrible Idea / Rachel Lu

How Paid Leave Policies Can Negatively Affect LGBTQ Families / Rebecca Gale

For Many Queer Adults, Parenting Still Isn't Part of the Picture / John Culhane

Reimagining What Families Can

and Do

Look Like / Elizabeth Morehead.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-177) and index.

ISBN:

9781682174548

1682174549

9781682174500

1682174506

OCLC:

971248379