Justice After Stonewall

LGBT Life Between Challenge and Change
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-03-226052-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 364 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 685 g

Justice After Stonewall is an interdisciplinary analysis of challenges and progress experienced by the LGBT community since the Stonewall riots in 1969. The riots (sparked by a police raid in New York City) are a milestone in LGBT history. Within a short time, a new feeling of confidence emerged, manifested in new LGBT organisations and the first Pride marches. Legal and social change followed: from the decriminalisation of homosexual activities to anti-discrimination laws and the legalisation of same-sex marriage. This makes it tempting to think of modern LGBT history as an unequivocal success story. But progress was not achieved everywhere: in 70 States, same-sex relations are still criminalised; violence against LGBT persons still occurs, and transgender people still struggle to have their rights recognised.

The question whether the path since Stonewall represents success or failure cannot be answered by one discipline alone. This book breaks new ground by bringing together experts from politics, sociology, law, education, language, medicine and religion to discuss fields as diverse as same-sex marriage, transgender students, the LGBT movement in Uganda and LGBT migrants in the Arabian Peninsula, conversion 'therapy', and approaches to LGBT matters in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. What emerges is a rich tapestry of LGBT life today and its consideration from numerous perspectives.

Based on thorough research, this book is an ideal text for students and scholars exploring LGBT matters. At the same time, its engaging style makes it a particularly valuable resource for anyone with an interest in LGBT matters and their reception in today's world.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Behrens, Paul

Becker, Sean

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Rechtssoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtssoziologie, Rechtspsychologie, Rechtslinguistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies: Homosexualität, LGBTQ+
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword Rt Hon Nicola Sturgeon Introduction 1. From Stonewall to the World: The Difficult Path to Recognition Paul Behrens and Sean Becker Part 1 – Justice After Stonewall? Aspects of Political and Social Acceptance 2. Challenges Past and Present: Political and Social Perspectives Sean Becker and Paul Behrens 3. The Development of the LGBT+ Community in the UK in the Last 50 Years Sir Stephen Wall 4. LGBT+ Youth Homelessness as a Consequence of Progress Carin Tunåker 5. The LGBTI Movement Organising in a Time of Peril: A Case Study of Uganda Clare Byarugaba 6. 'That's Really Why I Got Married I Guess': Heteronormativity and Openness about Same-Sex Coupledom Dora Jandric Part 2 – LGBT Rights Facing New Challenges 7. A Landscape of Change: Legal Perspectives Paul Behrens and Sean Becker 8. The Evolution of LGBT Rights in the UK: Is the Tide Starting to Turn? Carolynn Gray 9. In the Name of the People? Plebiscites, Referendums and Same-Sex Marriage Paul Behrens 10. The Intrinsic Value of Registered Partnerships and Marriage for Same-Sex Couples, Their Recognition Domestically and at the Strasbourg Court Helen Fenwick and Andy Hayward 11. Changing Perceptions of Homosexuality as Revealed by the Law of Defamation in Scotland Kenneth McK. Norrie 12. 'Lewd, Disgusting and Offensive': A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Law Lords' Ideologies Toward Homosexuality between 1967 and 2004 Sean Becker Part 3 – The Continued Struggle for Equality: LGBT Students, Identity and Language 13. Living Identity: Perspectives from the Fields of Education and Language Sean Becker and Paul Behrens 14. Embedding LGBT Equality in the Curriculum and the Classroom Eleanor Capaldi and Amanda Sykes 15. Investigating the Experiences of Transgender Students in Higher Education in the UK – Pilot Study Lynne Regan 16. Queerly Fluent / Fluently Queer: On (Re)Creating Shared Identities in Second and Third Languages Among Migrant LGBTQ Populations in the Arabian Peninsula Gaar Adams Part 4 – Between Disenfranchisement and Inclusion: The LGBT Community and the Medical Sector 17. Changing Science and the Science of Change: Medical Perspectives Paul Behrens and Sean Becker 18. Disenfranchisement in British Healthcare: Being a Lesbian Non-Biological Mother Lucille Kelsall-Knight and Ceri Sudron 19. False Therapy, Real Harm: Aspects of Conversion Practices and their Evaluation Paul Behrens Part 5 – Faith and Justice: Religion and the LGBT Community 20. Between Understanding and Inclusion: Religious Perspectives Paul Behrens and Sean Becker 21. Jewish Approaches to LGBT+ in Texts, Culture and Ritual Rabbi Mark L. Solomon and Hannah Holtschneider 22. Tradition and Transition: Methodological Approaches to LGBT Issues in Roman Catholic Theology After Pope Francis Nicolete Burbach 23. Is there a Space to Fight Back? Exclusionary Queer and Islamic Spaces and Resistance from Queer Muslims Drew Dalton Concluding Thoughts 24. Stonewall at Fifty: Between Hope and Challenge Sean Becker and Paul Behrens

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Paul Behrens is Reader (Associate Professor) in Law at the University of Edinburgh Law School, UK. He is Member of the Expert Advisory Group to the Scottish Parliament on Ending Conversion Practices and has published several books on international law.

Sean Becker previously taught as a docent at the University of Amsterdam’s PPLE College. He is currently pursuing postgraduate studies at Columbia Law School, New York, and the University of Amsterdam.