ABSTRACT
Justice After Stonewall is an interdisciplinary analysis of challenges and progress experienced by the LGBT community since the Stonewall riots in 1969. The riots (sparked by a police raid in New York City) are a milestone in LGBT history. Within a short time, a new feeling of confidence emerged, manifested in new LGBT organisations and the first Pride marches. Legal and social change followed: from the decriminalisation of homosexual activities to anti-discrimination laws and the legalisation of same-sex marriage. This makes it tempting to think of modern LGBT history as an unequivocal success story. But progress was not achieved everywhere: in 70 States, same-sex relations are still criminalised; violence against LGBT persons still occurs, and transgender people still struggle to have their rights recognised.
The question whether the path since Stonewall represents success or failure cannot be answered by one discipline alone. This book breaks new ground by bringing together experts from politics, sociology, law, education, language, medicine and religion to discuss fields as diverse as same-sex marriage, transgender students, the LGBT movement in Uganda and LGBT migrants in the Arabian Peninsula, conversion 'therapy', and approaches to LGBT matters in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. What emerges is a rich tapestry of LGBT life today and its consideration from numerous perspectives.
Based on thorough research, this book is an ideal text for students and scholars exploring LGBT matters. At the same time, its engaging style makes it a particularly valuable resource for anyone with an interest in LGBT matters and their reception in today's world.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |12 pages
Introduction
part 1|67 pages
Justice After Stonewall? Aspects of Political and Social Acceptance
chapter Chapter 6|15 pages
‘That's Really Why I Got Married I Guess’
part 2|106 pages
LGBT Rights Facing New Challenges
chapter Chapter 11|17 pages
Changing Perceptions of Homosexuality as Revealed by the Law of Defamation in Scotland
chapter Chapter 12|24 pages
‘Lewd, Disgusting and Offensive’
part 3|50 pages
The Continued Struggle for Equality
chapter Chapter 15|21 pages
Investigating the Experiences of Transgender Students in Higher Education in the UK – Pilot Study
chapter Chapter 16|12 pages
Queerly Fluent/Fluently Queer
part 4|28 pages
Between Disenfranchisement and Inclusion
chapter Chapter 18|6 pages
Disenfranchisement in British Healthcare
chapter Chapter 19|17 pages
False Therapy, Real Harm
part 5|64 pages
Faith and Justice
chapter Chapter 22|21 pages
Tradition and Transition
chapter Chapter 23|22 pages
Is There a Space to Fight Back? Exclusionary Queer and Islamic Spaces and Resistance from Queer Muslims
part |7 pages
Concluding Thoughts