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The Sharon Kowalski Case: Lesbian and Gay Rights on Trial
Casey Charles
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Description for The Sharon Kowalski Case: Lesbian and Gay Rights on Trial
Hardcover. While car-crash victim Sharon Kowalski lay comatose in hospital, battle lines were drawn between her parents and her lesbian companion, initiating a nearly decade-long struggle over Kowalski's guardianship. This text chronicles the landmark case in the fight for the rights of same-sex partners. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK; JPVH1; LBBR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 621.
While car-crash victim Sharon Kowalski lay comatose in the hospital, battle lines were drawn between her parents and her lesbian companion Karen Thompson, initiating a nearly decade-long struggle over the guardianship of Kowalski. The ensuing litigation became a rallying point for gays and lesbians frustrated by laws and social stigmas that treated them as second-class citizens. Considered the most compelling case of his lifetime by the late Tom Stoddard, former executive director of the Lambda Legal Defense Fund, the Kowalski legal saga also resonated deeply among AIDS patients who worried that they too might be legally deprived of their partners' ... Read more
While car-crash victim Sharon Kowalski lay comatose in the hospital, battle lines were drawn between her parents and her lesbian companion Karen Thompson, initiating a nearly decade-long struggle over the guardianship of Kowalski. The ensuing litigation became a rallying point for gays and lesbians frustrated by laws and social stigmas that treated them as second-class citizens. Considered the most compelling case of his lifetime by the late Tom Stoddard, former executive director of the Lambda Legal Defense Fund, the Kowalski legal saga also resonated deeply among AIDS patients who worried that they too might be legally deprived of their partners' ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700612338
SKU
V9780700612338
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About Casey Charles
Casey Charles is a lawyer who maintained a civil trial practice in the San Francisco Bay area from 1980 to 1986. He is currently associate professor of English at the University of Montana and is one of the founders of the Western Montana Gay and Lesbian Community Center.
Reviews for The Sharon Kowalski Case: Lesbian and Gay Rights on Trial
Charles's extraordinary and compelling account of the Kowalski case is especially significant as part of the larger story of the developing movement for the legal recognition of the human rights of gays and lesbians. He tells this story extremely well, showing us how difficult and frustrating such a struggle can be, not least because homophobic prejudices often distort both the ... Read more