LGBTQ+ issues in the law: Legal Issues

Catalogues a range of cases from Australia, the U.S. & the U.K. to unpack how emotion shapes the decriminalization of homosexuality, hate crime interventions, anti-discrimination measures, refugee protection & marriage equality.

Critiques mainstream LGBTQ+ legal agendas in the U.S. & proposes a new direction for LGBTQ+ law reform.

Explores wide-ranging social, political & legal issues confronting the LGBTQ+ movement.

A historical & political account of how present-day policy debates around citizenship & equality came to be.

Using social equity theory & intersectionality, this book demonstrates some of the ways in which LGBTQ citizens have been marginalized.

A resource for lawyers & activists engaged in transgender human & civil rights in the courts or in legislative lobbying.

Opponents of LGBTQ+ equality in the U.S. often couch their opposition in claims of free speech, free association & religious liberty. This book tells the story of the First Amendment's crucial role in the first few decades of the gay rights movement.

Explains the basis of antidiscrimination law, including the idea of dignitary harm.

The contributors to this book offer a 360-degree view of culture-war conflicts around faith & sexuality - from Obergefell to Masterpiece Cakeshop.

Investigates the dynamics between international incitement prohibitions & international standards on freedom of religious speech. Focuses on the protection of the rights of LGBTQ+ people.

Addresses certain struggles for equality & how these issues affect estate planning for LGBTQ+ clients.

This book examines legal issues confronting LGBTQ+ parents including: the decision of whether to have a child, how to have a child, whether one's relationship with their child will be recognized & everyday acts of parenting.

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Presents arguments in favor of the legal recognition of gay & lesbian families that are based on consideration of the best interests of the child.

Argues that polygamy is the next step after same-sex marriage in the development of U.S. family law.

Explains the U.S. Supreme Court's reasoning in ruling that the constitution protects the right of same-sex couples to get married. Examines the legal consequences of that decision.

Collects hypothetical constitutional arguments for & against the right to same-sex marriage, debating what Obergefell should mean for the future.