Family Matters - Queer Households and the Half-Century Struggle for Legal Recognition

"Family Matters uncovers the decades of advocacy which reshaped same-sex sexuality in American law and society. It will speak to readers interested in queer rights, social movement advocacy, and legal studies, while further contributing to current discourse and ongoing battles over LGBTQ+ rights today"--

List of contents

Introduction; Part I. Queer Partners and Parents: 1. Legalizing queer life: Alfred Kinsey and criminal law reform; 2. Contesting custody: social science and queer parental rights; 3. Recognizing relationships: corporate and municipal domestic partnership programs during the AIDS crisis; 4. Adopting change: social workers, foster care, and the expansion of the queer family; Part II. Straight Parents, Queer Children: 5. Combatting violence: protecting the queer community on the streets and in the schools; 6. Teaching tolerance: the queer family comes out against hate; Part III. Queer Families: 7. More perfect unions: marriage equality, public opinion, and the queer family; Epilogue.

About the author

Marie-Amélie George is a legal scholar and historian whose work focuses on the LGBTQ+ rights movement. She is Associate Professor of Law at Wake Forest University.

Product details

• Authors: Marie-Amélie George, Marie-Amelie (Wake Forest University Schoo George, Marie-Amelie (Wake Forest University School of Law) George
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2024
• EAN: 9781009284400
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0928440-0
• No. of pages: 385
• Series: Studies in Legal History
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, 21st Century, Of specific Gay & Lesbian interest, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, Legal History, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, Gay & Lesbian studies, History of the Americas, Relating to LGBTQ+ people, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, Family Law: Marriage & Divorce, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Family law: marriage, separation and divorce, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics, Family law: same-sex partnership