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Identity and the Case for Gay Rights
David A. J. Richards
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Description for Identity and the Case for Gay Rights
Paperback. Examines the case for the legal recognition of gay rights as basic human rights. This work explores the connections between gay rights and three rights movements - black civil rights, feminism and religious toleration - to determine how these might serve as analogies for the gay rights movement. Num Pages: 184 pages, 11 tables. BIC Classification: JFSK; JPVH; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
How should one chart a course toward legal recognition of gay rights as basic human rights? In this study, legal scholar David Richards explores the connections between gay rights and three successful civil rights movements - black civil rights, feminism and religious toleration - to determine how these might serve as analogies for the gay rights movement. Richards argues that racial and gender struggles are informative but partial models. As in these movements, achieving gay rights requires eliminating unjust stereotypes and allowing one's identity to develop free from intolerant views. Richards stresses, however, that gay identity is an ethical choice ... Read more
How should one chart a course toward legal recognition of gay rights as basic human rights? In this study, legal scholar David Richards explores the connections between gay rights and three successful civil rights movements - black civil rights, feminism and religious toleration - to determine how these might serve as analogies for the gay rights movement. Richards argues that racial and gender struggles are informative but partial models. As in these movements, achieving gay rights requires eliminating unjust stereotypes and allowing one's identity to develop free from intolerant views. Richards stresses, however, that gay identity is an ethical choice ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Number of Pages
241
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226712093
SKU
V9780226712093
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