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Before Lawrence v. Texas : the making of a queer social movement  Cover Image Book Book

Before Lawrence v. Texas : the making of a queer social movement

Phelps, Wesley G. (author.).

Summary:

"In Before Lawrence, Wesley Phelps recounts the legal challenges to discriminatory Texas sodomy laws before the major breakthrough in the U.S. Supreme Court's 2003 decision in Lawrence v. Texas. While most scholars and activists recognize the Lawrence decision to be the foundation for all subsequent gains for gay and lesbian equality in the twenty-first century, Phelps argues that the earlier legal challenges laid the necessary groundwork for the modern movement for queer civil rights. By probing the fascinating human stories behind these cases, this book offers a rare glimpse into an important component in the movement for gay and lesbian equality and constitutional reform in the United States. The main contribution of the book is to challenge the widely held assumption that the Lawrence v. Texas decision came out of nowhere in 2003. In reality, over several decades grassroots activists had been busy building the organizational groundwork and legal strategies necessary for this final victory over archaic sodomy laws in the United States. In the process, these activists played significant roles in creating and shaping our modern gay and lesbian rights movement"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Before Lawrence v. Texas
Buchanan v. Batchelor and the evolution of the Texas sodomy statute, 1965-1974
The Texas homosexual conduct law in action, 1974-1982
Resisting the effects of the Texas homosexual conduct law, 1974-1982
Baker v. Wade, 1975-1986
Morales v. Texas and England v. City of Dallas, 1986-1994
Lawrence v. Texas reconsidered.

Item details

  • ISBN: 1477322329
  • ISBN: 9781477322321
  • Physical Description: 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
    print
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2023.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Before Lawrence v. Texas
Buchanan v. Batchelor and the evolution of the Texas sodomy statute, 1965-1974
The Texas homosexual conduct law in action, 1974-1982
Resisting the effects of the Texas homosexual conduct law, 1974-1982
Baker v. Wade, 1975-1986
Morales v. Texas and England v. City of Dallas, 1986-1994
Lawrence v. Texas reconsidered.
Subject: Sodomy Law and legislation Texas History
Sodomy Law and legislation United States History
Sodomy Texas Cases History
Gay rights Texas Cases History
Gay liberation movement Texas History
Civil rights workers Texas Biography
Gay rights United States History
Gay liberation
LGBTQ+ civil rights
LGBTQ+ historical terms
LGBTQ+ social processes
Lesbian liberation
Sexual offenses laws
Sodomy laws

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Northwest Georgia Regional Library:
      Dalton-Whitfield Library
342.73 PHELPS, WESLEY ( Send Text)
31038001044760 DW-NONFIC Available

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