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After Marriage Equality: The Future of LGBT Rights
Examines the impact of marriage equality on the future of LGBT rights
In persuading the Supreme Court that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry, the LGBT rights movement has achieved its most important objective of the last few decades. Throughout its history, the marriage equality movement has been criticized by those who believe marriage rights were a conservative cause overshadowing a host of more important issues. Now that nationwide marriage equality is a reality, everyone who cares about LGBT rights must grapple with how best to promote the interests of sexual and gender identity minorities in a society that permits same-sex couples to marry. This book brings together 12 original essays by leading scholars of law, politics, and society to address the most important question facing the LGBT movement today: What does marriage equality mean for the future of LGBT rights?
After Marriage Equality explores crucial and wide-ranging social, political, and legal issues confronting the LGBT movement, including the impact of marriage equality on political activism and mobilization, antidiscrimination laws, transgender rights, LGBT elders, parenting laws and policies, religious liberty, sexual autonomy, and gender and race differences. The book also looks at how LGBT movements in other nations have responded to the recognition of same-sex marriages, and what we might emulate or adjust in our own advocacy. Aiming to spark discussion and further debate regarding the challenges and possibilities of the LGBT movement’s future, After Marriage Equality will be of interest to anyone who cares about the future of sexual equality.
In persuading the Supreme Court that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry, the LGBT rights movement has achieved its most important objective of the last few decades. Throughout its history, the marriage equality movement has been criticized by those who believe marriage rights were a conservative cause overshadowing a host of more important issues. Now that nationwide marriage equality is a reality, everyone who cares about LGBT rights must grapple with how best to promote the interests of sexual and gender identity minorities in a society that permits same-sex couples to marry. This book brings together 12 original essays by leading scholars of law, politics, and society to address the most important question facing the LGBT movement today: What does marriage equality mean for the future of LGBT rights?
After Marriage Equality explores crucial and wide-ranging social, political, and legal issues confronting the LGBT movement, including the impact of marriage equality on political activism and mobilization, antidiscrimination laws, transgender rights, LGBT elders, parenting laws and policies, religious liberty, sexual autonomy, and gender and race differences. The book also looks at how LGBT movements in other nations have responded to the recognition of same-sex marriages, and what we might emulate or adjust in our own advocacy. Aiming to spark discussion and further debate regarding the challenges and possibilities of the LGBT movement’s future, After Marriage Equality will be of interest to anyone who cares about the future of sexual equality.
368 pages, Hardcover
Published June 14, 2016
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July 11, 2018
"Of course, this badge is awarded or 'enjoyed' only by those members of the gay community who are willing or able to present their relationships within the logic of respectability. The work that badge does in redeeming the social reputation of 'good gays' depends on a contrast with 'bad gays' who don't want to marry or discipline their sexual selves into a tidy couple form." -Katherine Frank
Amid the pomp and circumstance of gay liberation, Carlos A. Ball's collection of articles pulls the reader away from the noise for a moment of reflection. Has the LGBTQIA+ become too palatable? One will consider the implications of conservative agendas in queer policy and discover the efficacy of supporting the most marginalized when creating a more equitable world. After Marriage Equality makes it clear the fight is far from over; the need to focus our energy and resources is no less important today as it has been over the past 50 years of advocacy.
Amid the pomp and circumstance of gay liberation, Carlos A. Ball's collection of articles pulls the reader away from the noise for a moment of reflection. Has the LGBTQIA+ become too palatable? One will consider the implications of conservative agendas in queer policy and discover the efficacy of supporting the most marginalized when creating a more equitable world. After Marriage Equality makes it clear the fight is far from over; the need to focus our energy and resources is no less important today as it has been over the past 50 years of advocacy.
May 21, 2024
A collection of essays written in the wake of the Supreme Court decisions that legalized recognition of same-sex marriages in the U.S. The various authors suggest areas to work on next. Most of the authors recognize that remarkable as legal recognition of same-sex marriage is, LGBT people still face profound disadvantages in American society. Depending on where in the country you live, some authors acknowledge that it may still very dangerous to be openly LGBT and rights granted to others are still denied. Others talk about social change and acceptance and not just legal rights. Suggestions are made for areas in need of continued work, including protections for aging queers and children of lesbian and gay parents. Most essays are specifically concerned with LGBT rights, but one deals more generally with polyamory and polygamy.
The collection, published in 2016, predates the current right wing backlash against hard fought rights. It's sad to look back at what we thought was securely won and at a time when we thought we might be able to move forward...
The collection, published in 2016, predates the current right wing backlash against hard fought rights. It's sad to look back at what we thought was securely won and at a time when we thought we might be able to move forward...
May 18, 2023
Of course, this badge is awarded or 'enjoyed' only by those members of the gay community who are willing or able to present their relationships within the logic of respectability. The work that badge does in redeeming the social reputation of 'good gays' depends on contrast with 'bad gays' who don't want to marry or discipline their sexual selves into a tidy couple form." -Katherine Frank.
Amid the pomp and circumstance of gay liberation, Carlos A. Ball's collection of articles pulls the reader away from the noise for a moment of reflection. Has LGBTQIA+ become too palatable? One will consider the implications of conservative agendas in queer policy and discover the efficacy of supporting the most marginalized when creating a more equitable world. After Marriage Equality makes it clear the fight is far from over; the need to focus our energy and resources is no less critical today as it has been over the past 50 years of advocacy.
Amid the pomp and circumstance of gay liberation, Carlos A. Ball's collection of articles pulls the reader away from the noise for a moment of reflection. Has LGBTQIA+ become too palatable? One will consider the implications of conservative agendas in queer policy and discover the efficacy of supporting the most marginalized when creating a more equitable world. After Marriage Equality makes it clear the fight is far from over; the need to focus our energy and resources is no less critical today as it has been over the past 50 years of advocacy.
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