9781032260525 (hbk.)

KD4097 J964 2023

Justice after Stonewall : LGBT life between challenge and change/ edited by Paul Behrens, Sean C. Becker

Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2023.

Foreword Rt Hon Nicola Sturgeon
--Introduction
--Part 1 – Justice After Stonewall? Aspects of Political and Social Acceptance
--Part 2 – LGBT Rights Facing New Challenges
--Part 3 – The Continued Struggle for Equality: LGBT Students, Identity and Language
--Part 4 – Between Disenfranchisement and Inclusion: The LGBT Community and the Medical Sector
--Part 5 – Faith and Justice: Religion and the LGBT Community
--Concluding Thoughts.

Justice After Stonewall is an interdisciplinary analysis of challenges and progress experienced by the LGBT community since the Stonewall riots in 1969. The riots (sparked by a police raid in New York City) are a milestone in LGBT history. Within a short time, a new feeling of confidence emerged, manifested in new LGBT organisations and the first Pride marches. Legal and social change followed: from the decriminalisation of homosexual activities to anti-discrimination laws and the legalisation of same-sex marriage. This makes it tempting to think of modern LGBT history as an unequivocal success story. But progress was not achieved everywhere: in seventy States, same-sex relations are still criminalised; violence against LGBT persons still occurs, and transgender people still struggle to have their rights recognised. The question whether the path since Stonewall represents success or failure, cannot be answered by one discipline alone. This book breaks new ground by bringing together experts from politics, sociology, law, education, language, medicine and religion to discuss fields as diverse as same-sex marriage, transgender students, the LGBT movement in Uganda and LGBT migrants in the Arab peninsula, conversion 'therapy' and approaches to LGBT matters in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. What emerges, is a rich tapestry of LGBT life today and its consideration from numerous perspectives. Based on thorough research, this book is an ideal text for students and scholars exploring LGBT matters. At the same time, its engaging style makes it a particularly valuable resource for anyone with an interest in LGBT matters and their reception in today's world-- Provided by publisher

LGBTQ+ people--Legal status, laws, etc

LGBTQ+ people--Social conditions

Sexual minorities--Legal status, laws, etc

Sexual minorities--Legal status, laws, etc--Great Britain

Sexual minorities--Social conditions

Behrens, Paul,editor

Becker, Sean C.,editor

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