How the Religious Right Shaped Lesbian and Gay Activism /

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While gay rights are on the national agenda now, activists have spent decades fighting for their platform, seeing themselves as David against the religious right's Goliath. At the same time, the religious right has continuously and effectively countered the endeavors of lesbian and gay activist...

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Auteur principal: Fetner, Tina (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2008.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Religious right.
Homophobia.
Gay rights.
Gay liberation movement.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gay Studies.
Droite religieuse > États-Unis.
Homosexuels > Droits > États-Unis.
Homophobia > United States.
Religious right > United States.
Gay rights > United States.
Gay liberation movement > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:While gay rights are on the national agenda now, activists have spent decades fighting for their platform, seeing themselves as David against the religious right's Goliath. At the same time, the religious right has continuously and effectively countered the endeavors of lesbian and gay activists, working to repeal many of the laws prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and to progress a constitutional amendment "protecting" marriage. In this accessible and grounded work, Tina Fetner uncovers a remarkably complex relationship between the two movements--one that transcends politic
Description matérielle:1 online resource (200 pages).
ISBN:9780816666331

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