Homosexuality and the Law : A Dictionary,9781576072677

Homosexuality and the Law : A Dictionary

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ISBN13: 9781576072677
ISBN10: 1576072673
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2001-05-01
Publisher(s): Abc-Clio Inc
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Summary

This reference work provides important information about the role academic research has played in the ever-evolving laws covering homosexuality.

Table of Contents

Preface xi
Introduction 1(24)
Homosexuality and the Law
A
Absurd Sex Laws
25(4)
Adolescence
29(4)
Adult Adoptions
33(1)
Affirmative Action
34(1)
AIDS
35(4)
Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC)
39(1)
Amendment 2
40(1)
American Psychitric Association (APA)
40(2)
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
42(1)
Antidiscrimination Statutes
42(2)
Artificial Insemination
44(3)
B
Baehr V. Lewin
47(1)
Baker V. Vermont
47(1)
Being Out at Work
48(1)
Bisexual
49(3)
Bowers V. Hardwick
52(1)
Boy Scouts
53(6)
C
Child Adoption and Foster Care
59(3)
Child Custody and Visitation Rights
62(4)
Child Molestation Stereotype
66(1)
Children of Homosexual Parents
67(2)
Civil Union
69(1)
Coming Out
70(4)
Commonwealth V. Wasson
74(1)
Criminal Law
74(7)
Crittenden Report
81(2)
D
Daughters of Bilitis
83(1)
Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)
83(3)
Discrimination
86(3)
Discrimination Against Customers
89(2)
Diversity Training
91(1)
Domestic Partnership
92(5)
Domestic Violence
97(2)
``Don't Ask, Don't Tell,''
99(2)
Dress and Grooming Codes
101(2)
E
Effectiveness of Antidiscrimination Statutes
103(1)
Employment
104(6)
Equal Access Act (EAA)
110(2)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
112(3)
F
Family
115(9)
Federal Employment Nondiscrimination Order
124(1)
Full Faith and Credit Clause
125(2)
G
Gay
127(1)
Gay Agenda
127(1)
Gay Fathers
128(1)
Gender-Motivated Violence Act (GMVA)
129(2)
H
Hate Crimes
131(10)
Hate Speech
141(2)
Heterosexism
143(1)
Homophobia
144(4)
Homosexual Panic Defense
148(2)
Homosexuality
150(1)
Housing
150(3)
Human Rights Campaign
153(2)
I
Immigration
155(2)
Incidence of Homosexuality
157(3)
Intersexed
160(11)
J
Jury Duty
171(2)
L
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
173(1)
Lesbian
173(1)
Lesbian Mothers
174(2)
Lewd Conduct
176(3)
M
Marriage
179(13)
Mattachine Society
192(2)
Military
194(2)
Military Expulsion
196(5)
N
National Coming Out Day
201(1)
National Gay And Lesbian Task Force
201(1)
Neckties as Phallic Symbols
202(3)
O
One, Incorporated
205(2)
P
Perpetrators of Antigay Violence
207(1)
Police Abuses
208(1)
Polygamy
209(1)
Prejudice
210(3)
Public Accommodations
213(2)
Public Safety
215(2)
Q
Queer
217(2)
R
Relationships Lesbian or Gay
219(1)
Religious Right Agenda
220(5)
Reparative Therapy
225(4)
Research on Sexual Orientation
229(2)
Romer V. Evans
231(6)
S
Safe Sex
237(1)
Saint Patrick's Day Parade
237(1)
School Curricula
238(1)
School Faculty Members Rights
239(7)
School Libraries
246(1)
School Programs for Lesbian and Gay Students
247(4)
School Private
251(1)
Schools, Public
251(1)
Security Clearance
252(1)
Sex Education
253(1)
Sexual Harassment
254(6)
Sexual Harassment In Schools
260(2)
Sexual Orientation
262(2)
Sexual Preference
264(1)
Society for Human Rights
264(1)
Sodomy
265(5)
Solicitation and Loitering
270(1)
Speech and Association
271(10)
Stereotypes
281(1)
Stonewall Riot
282(1)
Students' Rights
283(4)
Suspect Class
287(6)
T
Title VII
293(1)
Transgendered
294(1)
Transsexual
294(9)
Transvestite
303(2)
V
Vice
305(1)
Victimless Crimes
305(4)
W
White Night
309(1)
Wills
310(3)
Appendix A: State and Local Laws 313(60)
Appendix B: Resources 373(22)
Table of Cases 395(6)
Table of Statutes 401(2)
References 403(14)
Index 417(14)
About the Author 431

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