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II. Series. 3'264'0973-dc20 94-28365 ISBN 0-87436-745-X (alk. paper) 00 99 98 97 96 95 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 ABC-CLIO, Inc. O. Box 1911 Santa Barbara, California 93116-1911 This book is printed on acid-free paper. Manufactured in the United States of America Page v For Dan Page vii Contents Preface xi 1 The Struggle for Gay and Lesbian Rights 1 Introduction 1 A Short History of the Gay Rights Movement 3 The Gay Liberation Movement 4 Housing and Employment Issues 7 Sodomy Laws 13 Hate Crimes against Gays and Lesbians 14 Issues of Free Speech and Assembly 15 Issues Surrounding Personal Relationships 16 Additional Issues 19 Opposition to Gay and Lesbian Rights 21 Public Attitudes toward Gay and Lesbian Rights 25 HIV and the Gay Rights Issue 27 Conclusion 28 2 Chronology 31 3 Biographical Sketches 59 Howard Juniah Brown (1924-1975) 59 Charlotte Bunch (1944- ) 61 Edward Carpenter (1844-1929) 62 Martin Bauml Duberman (1930- ) 63 Steve Endean (1949-1993) 64 Jerry L.
For example, many Americans might assume that all citizens of this nation already have the right to hold a job regardless of who they are, provided that they carry out their work according to reasonable standards. But a review of history will show that assumption to be incorrect. Many different groups of Americans have had to work hard in order to obtain laws that prevent discrimination in employment on the basis of some characteristic or another. As a result, nearly every state and municipality in the nation today has some type of antidiscrimination ordinance that prohibits an employer from refusing work to a person because of sex, race, ethnic background, physical handicap, or other characteristics that are not related to their work assignment.
But the debate involves a host of other issues that most nongay citizens would probably never think of as creating controversy in their own lives. For example, any man and woman in the United States can get married, subject to age and other restrictions. As long as they are married, they then have a number of legal, social, and economic benefits. The taxes they pay, for example, are often less than they would pay as separate individuals. In one sense, the state has agreed to subsidize the two because they are married.