Awakening : how gays and lesbians brought marriage equality to America
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017.
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xii, 441 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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Community College of Aurora - CentreTech - BOOKS
HQ 1034 .U5 F73 2017
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HQ 1034 .U5 F73 2017
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017.
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Book
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English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-421) and index.
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Publisher's description: The right of same-sex couples to marry provoked decades of intense conflict before it was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2015. Yet some of the most divisive contests shaping the quest for marriage equality occurred not on the culture-war front lines but within the ranks of LGBTQ advocates. Nathaniel Frank tells the dramatic story of how an idea that once seemed unfathomable--and for many gays and lesbians undesirable--became a legal and moral right in just half a century. Awakening begins in the 1950s, when millions of gays and lesbians were afraid to come out, let alone fight for equal treatment. Across the social upheavals of the next two decades, a gay rights movement emerged with the rising awareness that same-sex love is equal to love everywhere. As movement leaders and ordinary gay people created new communities, alliances, and ideas, a tight-knit cadre of (mostly) gay and lesbian lawyers began to focus on legal recognition for same-sex couples, eventually creating a long-term strategy to win marriage rights in the courts. But first they had to win over members of their own LGBTQ community who declined to make marriage a priority, while reining in others who charged ahead heedless of their carefully laid plans, and often at odds with them. All the while, they had to fight against virulent antigay opponents and capture the American center by spreading the simple message that love is love--ultimately propelling the LGBTQ community, and America, immeasurably closer to justice.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Frank, N. (2017). Awakening: how gays and lesbians brought marriage equality to America . The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Frank, Nathaniel. 2017. Awakening: How Gays and Lesbians Brought Marriage Equality to America. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Frank, Nathaniel. Awakening: How Gays and Lesbians Brought Marriage Equality to America The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Frank, Nathaniel. Awakening: How Gays and Lesbians Brought Marriage Equality to America The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017.
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