Three arguments summarize opposition to laws protecting LGBTQ+ persons from discrimination: (1) The pseudo-democratic argument (social change should be free of governmental coercion); (2) The clinical argument (homosexuality is an illness); (3) The choice argument (homosexuality is a choice). My purpose is to show the three are vulnerable to damaging objections. This article reflects conditions as they were in 1987 in the USA. For example, the expression LGBTQ+ had not been coined. My use of "gays and lesbians," then believed to be inclusive, excluded a lot of people
Political successes of the anti-gay right, including the resonance of its claims in mainstream media...
This paper focuses on how gay rights activists had no real choice but to use the court system to adv...
The cutting edge issue in the gay community is now the fight for domestic partnership rights. The ab...
Three arguments summarize opposition to laws protecting LGBTQ+ persons from discrimination: (1) The ...
This article argues that the international right to health obligates governments to combat homophobi...
This article does not attempt a history of the gay rights movement but instead traces the evolution ...
This paper focuses on how gay rights activists had no real choice but to use the court system to adv...
In the current social and political turmoil, few issues are more divisive and cause more controve...
In this essay, I first describe the origins and current status of anti-discrimination laws that cove...
There are nearly 9 million people identifying as LGBT+ here in America, Many of whom have been denie...
This Article is designed to illuminate options that the author believes have been difficult for advo...
Disapproval of homosexuality is widespread, deep-rooted and of long standing. Often this disapproval...
We are living in an extraordinary period of gay and lesbian history. As lesbian and gay civil rights...
Are advocacy efforts successful in improving the de jure rights of sexual minorities? In this paper,...
Queer youth constitute an isolated and invisible population severely in need of help from all segmen...
Political successes of the anti-gay right, including the resonance of its claims in mainstream media...
This paper focuses on how gay rights activists had no real choice but to use the court system to adv...
The cutting edge issue in the gay community is now the fight for domestic partnership rights. The ab...
Three arguments summarize opposition to laws protecting LGBTQ+ persons from discrimination: (1) The ...
This article argues that the international right to health obligates governments to combat homophobi...
This article does not attempt a history of the gay rights movement but instead traces the evolution ...
This paper focuses on how gay rights activists had no real choice but to use the court system to adv...
In the current social and political turmoil, few issues are more divisive and cause more controve...
In this essay, I first describe the origins and current status of anti-discrimination laws that cove...
There are nearly 9 million people identifying as LGBT+ here in America, Many of whom have been denie...
This Article is designed to illuminate options that the author believes have been difficult for advo...
Disapproval of homosexuality is widespread, deep-rooted and of long standing. Often this disapproval...
We are living in an extraordinary period of gay and lesbian history. As lesbian and gay civil rights...
Are advocacy efforts successful in improving the de jure rights of sexual minorities? In this paper,...
Queer youth constitute an isolated and invisible population severely in need of help from all segmen...
Political successes of the anti-gay right, including the resonance of its claims in mainstream media...
This paper focuses on how gay rights activists had no real choice but to use the court system to adv...
The cutting edge issue in the gay community is now the fight for domestic partnership rights. The ab...