Category: Law & Government

Posted in Autobiography/Biography Law & Government

Radclyffe Hall by Vera Brittain

Vera Brittain | Radclyffe Hall | Documenting the obscenity trial of Radclyffe Hall’s The Well of Loneliness, including Hall’s life story, her literary status, the appeal of the

Posted in Canadian Eh Law & Government LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

Gay Marriage by Sylvain Larocque

Sylvain Larocque | Gay Marriage | Few issues have dominated the Canadian political landscape like the legalization of same-sex marriage.

As a political correspondent for the C

Posted in Law & Government LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

The Politics of Sexuality in Latin America by Javier Corrales; Mario Pecheny

Javier Corrales; Mario Pecheny | The Politics of Sexuality in Latin America | The city of Buenos Aires has guaranteed all couples, regardless of gender, the right to register civil unions. Mexico City has approved the Cohabitati

Posted in Law & Government LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, And Transgender Civil Rights by Wallace Swan

Wallace Swan | Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, And Transgender Civil Rights | This book could be aptly entitled After Marriage–What Is Next for the LGBT Community? Now that marriage is increasingly being institutionalized in ma

Posted in Law & Government Lesbian Studies Non-Fiction

S.C.U.M. Manifesto by Valerie Solanas

Valerie Solanas | S.C.U.M. Manifesto | Outrageous and violent, SCUM Manifesto was widely lambasted when it first appeared in 1968. Valerie Solanas, the woman who shot Andy Warhol, self-publ

Posted in Law & Government LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

Gay and Lesbian Elders by Nancy J. Knauer

Nancy J. Knauer | Gay and Lesbian Elders | The approximately two million gay and lesbian elders in the United States are an underserved and understudied population. At a time when gay men and l

Posted in Law & Government

Courting Justice by Joyce Murdoch

Joyce Murdoch | Courting Justice | Since 1958, twenty-five men and two women have forced the Supreme Court to consider whether the Constitution’s promises of equal protection apply to g

Posted in Law & Government

The Constitutional Underclass by Evan Gerstmann

Evan Gerstmann | The Constitutional Underclass | When the Supreme Court struck down Colorado’s Amendment 2which would have nullified all state and local laws protecting gays and lesbians from discrim

Posted in Award Winner Law & Government

Gay & Lesbian Rights by Brette McWhorter Sember

Brette McWhorter Sember | Gay & Lesbian Rights | “This clearly written, comprehensive, accessible guide belongs in the library of all gays and lesbians who are thinking of partnering or who are alrea

Posted in Law & Government

The Sharon Kowalski Case by Casey Charles

Casey Charles | The Sharon Kowalski Case | While car-crash victim Sharon Kowalski lay comatose in the hospital, battle lines were drawn between her parents and her lesbian companion Karen Thomp