The Carter Presidency and Gay Rights - The Revolution that Dared Not Speak Its Name

Examining a significant and largely unexplored aspect of Jimmy Carter''s presidency (1977-1981), Harris Dousemetzis radically revises the current understanding of this critical period in American political history. By using a wealth of previously unpublished archival material, along with personal interviews with 43 prominent gay rights activists of the time and 12 senior Carter White House aides, this book documents what actually happened during Carter''s presidency regarding the development and recognition of gay rights and the efforts of the evangelical right to prevent social reform. Investigating the full range of government actions taken and policies implemented, Carter''s personal commitment and support for the movement, as well as the role of activists in bringing about change, this is a significant and original contribution to knowledge about Carter''s presidency, the gay rights movement, and American political development. Dousemetzis situates Carter''s presidency in its rightful place, as a crucial stage in one of the most dynamic areas of change in recent American politics and political culture.>

About the author

Harris Dousemetzis is a lecturer at the University of Sunderland and a tutor at Durham University, UK. A Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, he is the author of The Man who Killed Apartheid: The Life of Dimitri Tsafendas (2018) and provided the Report to the Minister of Justice, advocate Tshililo Michael Masutha, in the Matter of Dr. Verwoerd's Assassination.

Product details

• Authors: Harris Dousemetzis
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.07.2024
• EAN: 9781350381087
• ISBN: 978-1-350-38108-7
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 232 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Political leaders & leadership, United States of America, USA, Gay & Lesbian studies, Relating to LGBTQ+ people, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms, Political leaders and leadership, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Gay Studies, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics