Family matters: queer households and the half-century struggle for legal recognition

In 1960, consensual sodomy was a crime in every state in America. Fifty-five years later, the Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples had the fundamental right to marry. In the span of two generations, American law underwent a dramatic transformation. Though the fight for marriage equality has rec...

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1. Verfasser: George, Marie-Amélie (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2024
Schriftenreihe:Studies in legal history
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Zusammenfassung:In 1960, consensual sodomy was a crime in every state in America. Fifty-five years later, the Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples had the fundamental right to marry. In the span of two generations, American law underwent a dramatic transformation. Though the fight for marriage equality has received a considerable amount of attention from scholars and the media, it was only a small part of the more than half-century struggle for queer family rights. Family Matters uncovers these decades of advocacy, which reshaped the place of same-sex sexuality in American law and society - and ultimately made marriage equality possible. This book, however, is more than a history of queer rights. Marie-Amélie George reveals that national legal change resulted from shifts at the state and local levels, where the central figures were everyday people without legal training. Consequently, she offers a new way of understanding how minority groups were able to secure meaningful legal change
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Legalizing queer life -- Contesting custody -- Recognizing relationships -- Adopting change -- Combatting violence -- Teaching tolerance -- More perfect unions
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 367 Seiten)
ISBN:9781009284417
DOI:10.1017/9781009284417

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