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Gay and Lesbian Issues

A Reference Handbook

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Gay and Lesbian Issues: A Reference Handbook traces the developments, people, and organizations responsible for bringing homosexual issues to the public's attention. In addition to exploring such controversial issues as gays in the military and child adoption, this title discusses court decisions, pivotal events, and key individuals like Magnus Hirschfeld, Radclyffe Hall, and Harvey Milk, the San Francisco town supervisor who along with Mayor George Moscone was murdered by ex-supervisor Dan White.

What happens when a same-sex couple marrying in Holland returns to the United States expecting to be treated as legally married? This one of a kind reference explores the interplay of international politics with U.S. policies. Students, administrators and parents alike will discover a wealth of supportive data and statistics on hate crimes, adolescent suicide, military discrimination and much more.

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    • School Library Journal

      October 1, 2003
      Gr 9 Up-Information on the history of the gay rights movement, discrimination, hate crimes, family and legal issues, and various professional organizations can be found in this thoroughly researched and comprehensive reference work. All of the material is easily located through the excellent index and table of contents. Each chapter concludes with a list of references, and sources are clearly cited. "Selected Print and Nonprint Resources" includes lists of bookstores, periodicals, publishers, and videos. Surprisingly, the exhaustive list of books does not include fiction titles. Overall, though, Gay and Lesbian Issues may prove to be the benchmark reference source on this subject.-Robert Gray, East Central Regional Library, Cambridge, MN

      Copyright 2003 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • Booklist

      October 1, 2003
      AIDS, hate crimes, marriage, and adoption are some of the issues addressed in this addition to the Contemporary World Issues series. In addition to historical information and discussion of some key controversies, the volume provides a chronology, biographical sketches, documents and court cases, a directory of organizations, and a list of print and nonprint resources. (Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2003, American Library Association.)

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