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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
The right of same-sex couples to marry provoked decades of intense conflict before it was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2015. Yet some of the most divisive contests shaping the quest for marriage equality occurred not on the culture-war front lines but within the ranks of LGBTQ advocates. Nathaniel Frank tells the dramatic story of how an idea that once seemed unfathomable--and for many gays and lesbians undesirable--became a legal and moral right in just half a century. Awakening begins in the 1950s, when millions of gays and lesbians were afraid to come out, let alone fight for equal treatment. Across the social upheavals of the next two decades, a gay rights movement emerged with the rising awareness that same-sex love is equal to love everywhere. As movement leaders and ordinary gay people created new communities, alliances, and ideas, a tight-knit cadre of (mostly) gay and lesbian lawyers began to focus on legal recognition for same-sex couples, eventually creating a long-term strategy to win marriage rights in the courts. |
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Same-sex marriage -- United States -- History.
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Gay culture -- United States -- History.
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Gay people -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History.
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Gay liberation movement -- United States -- History.
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Gay rights -- United States -- History.
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| Other title |
How gays and lesbians brought marriage equality to America |
| ISBN |
9780674737228
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0674737229
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