LGBTQ+ (1923-2017) / editor, Michael Shally-Jensen, PhD.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shally-Jensen, Michael, editor.

Series:

Defining documents in American history (Salem Press)

Defining documents in American history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay rights--United States--Sources.

Gay rights.

Sexual orientation--United States--Sources.

Sexual orientation.

Coming out (Sexual orientation)--United States--Sources.

Coming out (Sexual orientation).

Same-sex marriage--United States--Sources.

Same-sex marriage.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2 volumes (xv, 405 pages)) : illustrations (some color), facsimiles.

Edition:

[First edition].

Other Title:

Defining documents in American history: LGBTQ+ (1923-2017)

Place of Publication:

Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services ; [Amenia, New York] : Grey House Publishing, [2018]

Summary:

As gay, lesbian, and transgender individuals have continued their fight for basic rights and equal treatment under the law, various court cases and challenges to those cases have continued to refine the debate. This new resource provides important analyses of over 80 documents significant to LGBTQ rights.-- Source other than Library of Congress.

Contents:

Early Developments

“On the Unjust Treatment of Homosexuals”

Excerpts from The Drag

Blue Discharge

Missions and Purposes of the Mattachine Society

Executive Order 10450—Security Requirements for Government Employment

Excerpt from Sexual Behavior in the Human Female

Purpose of the Daughters of Bilitis

Giovanni’s Room

One, Inc. v. Olesen

Illinois State Code 1961

Coming Out

First Issue of The Los Angeles Advocate

Stonewall Riot Leaflet

“Come Out!”

Radicalesbians: “The Woman-Identified Woman”

Statements by the American Psychological Association regarding Homosexuality

“The Hope Speech”

The Five Demands of the First National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights

Growing Ever Stronger

“1,112 and Counting”

Bowers v. Hardwick

ACT UP Founding Document and Speech

Speech at the 1992 Democratic Convention

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

Dyke Manifesto

Romer v. Evans

Ellen DeGeneres Comes Out in Ellen

Lawrence v. Texas

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Majority Decision on Same-Sex Marriages

Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus Mission Statement

Proclamation of LGBT Pride Month

Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Act

United States v. Windsor

Boy Scouts of America—Statement regarding Membership Standards

Excerpts from Obergefell v. Hodges

Angela Davis: Women’s March on Washington

Danica Roem Election Victory Speech.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781682178959

1682178951

OCLC:

1038716585