The case for gay reparations / Omar G. Encarnación.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Encarnación, Omar Guillermo, 1962- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sexual minorities--United States--Social conditions.

Sexual minorities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 pages) : illustrations (black and white).

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

This text makes the case for why the United States should embrace gay reparations, or policies intended to make amends for a history of discrimination, stigmatization, and violence against the LGBT community. It contends that gay reparations are a moral imperative for bringing dignity to those whose human rights have been violated because of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity, for closing painful histories of state-sponsored victimization of LGBT people, and for reminding future generations of past struggles for LGBT equality. To make its case, the book examines how other Western democracies notorious for their oppression of homosexuals have implemented gay reparations - specifically Spain, Britain, and Germany. Their collective experience shows that although there is no universal approach to gay reparations, it is never too late for countries to seek to right past wrongs.

Contents:

Introduction the Stonewall apology

A shameful history and a dark legacy

Digging up a painful past : archive activism

Foreign models : Spain, Britain, and Germany

Gay reparations and their critics

The politics of gay reparations.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-753569-0

0-19-753568-2

0-19-753567-4

OCLC:

1243262305