Law and the gay rights story :

Frank, Walter, 1945-

Law and the gay rights story : the long search for equal justice in a divided democracy / Walter Frank. - New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2014] - ix, 236 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-222) and index.

Isolation, oppression, and emergence (1945-1969) -- Stonewall (1969) -- Invisible no longer (1969-1981) -- The AIDS crisis and its legacy (1981-1992) -- Three key developments -- The debate over gay rights -- The workplace -- Freedom from violence; freedom to serve -- The public school struggle -- The gay family -- The movement's critics -- The state constitutional battles -- The Supreme Court confronts same sex marriage.

9780813568713 (hbk.) 0813568714 (hbk.)

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Homosexuality--Law and legislation--History.--United States
Gay rights--History.--United States
Stonewall Riots, New York, N.Y., 1969.
Gay rights movement--History.--United States
Gay liberation movement--History.--United States

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