LGBTQ Americans in the U.S. Political System
An Encyclopedia of Activists, Voters, Candidates, and Officeholders [2 volumes]
Published on 11. November 2019
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599 pages
978-1-4408-5276-3 (ISBN)
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This comprehensive sourcebook covers the evolution of LGBTQ engagement in American politics, from the emergence of gay rights as a political issue in the early 1970s to the present day, when LGBTQ issues occupy a prominent place in politics.
This work provides a broad and authoritative survey of the ways in which gay Americans are influencing the tenor and trajectory of U.S. politics at the local, state, and national levels. An encyclopedic section offers thorough coverage of all of the individuals, organizations, cultural forces, political issues, and legal decisions that have combined to elevate the role of LGBTQ people at the ballot box, on the campaign trail, in Washington, and in mayors' offices, city councils, and school boards across the country.
Complementing reference entries are in-depth essays on the rising prominence of gay Americans as voters, candidates, public officials, lawmakers, and opinion leaders, providing further context for understanding their impact on modern U.S. political processes and institutions from the perspective of liberals and conservatives alike. Finally, the set includes a collection of important primary source documents that illuminate landmark events, examine gay policy priorities and preferences, and showcase the beliefs and experiences of prominent LGBTQ Americans in the world of politics.
This work provides a broad and authoritative survey of the ways in which gay Americans are influencing the tenor and trajectory of U.S. politics at the local, state, and national levels. An encyclopedic section offers thorough coverage of all of the individuals, organizations, cultural forces, political issues, and legal decisions that have combined to elevate the role of LGBTQ people at the ballot box, on the campaign trail, in Washington, and in mayors' offices, city councils, and school boards across the country.
Complementing reference entries are in-depth essays on the rising prominence of gay Americans as voters, candidates, public officials, lawmakers, and opinion leaders, providing further context for understanding their impact on modern U.S. political processes and institutions from the perspective of liberals and conservatives alike. Finally, the set includes a collection of important primary source documents that illuminate landmark events, examine gay policy priorities and preferences, and showcase the beliefs and experiences of prominent LGBTQ Americans in the world of politics.
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An Encyclopedia of Activists, Voters, Candidates, and Officeholders [2 Volumes]
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Jason Pierceson, PhD, is professor of political science at the University of Illinois Springfield. His teaching, research, and writing focuses on public law, the legal and political issues relating to sexuality and gender, and political theory.
Content
Guide to Related Topics
Preface
Introduction
Chronology
Essays
LGBTQ Candidates
Jason Pierceson
LGBTQ Elected Officials at the State and Local Level
Logan S. Casey
LGBTQ Officeholders at the Federal Level
Jessica Loyet Gracey
LGBTQ Voters
Andrew R. Flores
A-Z Entries
VOLUME 1
Abzug, Bella (1920-1998)
Achtenberg, Roberta (1950-)
Adams v. Howerton (1982)
Adoption/Foster Parenting Bans
The Advocate
AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP)
AIDS Crisis
Amendment 2 (Colorado) (1992)
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER)
American Psychiatric Association (APA), Removal of Homosexuality from List of Mental Disorders (1973)
Antidiscrimination Laws
Apuzzo, Virginia (1941-)
Baehr v. Lewin (1993)
Baker, Jack (1942-) and Michael McConnell (1942-)
Baker v. Nelson (1972)
Baker v. State of Vermont (1999)
Baldwin, James (1924-1987)
Baldwin, Tammy (1962-)
Ballot Measures
Bell, Simone
BiNet USA
Birch, Elizabeth (1956-)
Bisexual Rights
Boston Marriages
Bottoms v. Bottoms (1995)
Boutilier v. INS (1967)
Bowers v. Hardwick (1986)
Boykin, Keith (1965-)
Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (2000)
Braschi v. Stahl Associates (1989)
Briggs Initiative (1978)
Brown, Kate (1960-)
Brown, Rita Mae (1944-)
Bunch, Charlotte (1944-)
Buttigieg, Peter (1982-)
Californians
California's AB 1266 (2013)
California's Proposition 8 (2008)
Call, Hal (1917-2000)
Cannon, Park (c. 1992-)
Cicilline, David (1961-)
Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships
Clinton, Bill, Presidency of (1993-2001)
Clinton, Hillary (1947-)
Coming Out
Compton's Cafeteria Riot (San Francisco) (1966)
Contact Theory
Conversion or Reparative Therapy Bans
Craig, Angie (c. 1972-)
Cunningham, Phillipe (c. 1988-)
Daughters of Bilitis
Davids, Sharice (1980-)
Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) (1996)
Democratic Party
Denny, Dallas (1949-)
Dewey's Restaurant Sit-In (Philadelphia) (1965)
DignityUSA
Discrimination
Doe et al. v. Regional School Unit 26 (2014)
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Policy
Due Process/Fundamental Rights
Durkan, Jenny (1958-)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Rulings on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation
Equal Protection
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
Equality Act/Employment Nondiscrimination Act (ENDA)
Executive Order 10450 (1953)
Federalism
Feldblum, Chai (1959-)
First Amendment
First Pride Parades
Foster, Jim (1934-1990)
Frank, Barney (1940-)
Freedom to Marry
Frye, Phyllis (c. 1946-)
Garcia, Robert (1977-)
Gay Activists Alliance (GAA)
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
Gay Liberation Front (GLF)
Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC)
Gender Dysphoria
Gerber, Henry (1892-1972)
Ginsberg, Allen (1926-1997)
Gittings, Barbara (1932-2007)
GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD)
GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network)
Goodridge v. Department of Public Health (2003)
Griffin, Chad (1973-)
Grimm, Gavin (1999-)
Gunderson, Steve (1951-)
Hallquist, Christine (1956-)
Harlem Renaissance
Harris, Greg (1955-)
Hate-Crime Laws
Hate Crimes
Hay, Harry (1912-2002)
Healey, Maura (1971-)
Hernandez, Daniel, Jr. (1990-)
Hester, Rita, Murder of (1998)
Heteronormativity/Heterosexism
Hill, Katie (c. 1988-)
Hirschfeld, Magnus (1868-1935)
HIV/AIDS
HIV Criminalization Laws
Hoey Committee Hearings/Report (1950)
Hollingsworth v. Perry (2013)
Homelessness
Homophile Movement
Homophile Pickets
Hooker, Evelyn (1907-1996)
Hormel, James (1933-)
Houston Equal Rights Act (HERO) Ordinance Repeal (2015)
Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Group of Boston (1995)
In re Marriage Cases (2008)
interACT
Intersex Rights
Intersex Society of North America/Accord Alliance
Iwamoto, Kim Coco (1968-)
Janus Society
Jenkins, Andrea (1961-)
Johnson, Corey (1982-)
Johnson, Marsha P. (1945-1992)
Jones, Cleve (1954-)
Jorgensen, Christine (1926-1989)
Judicial Activism/Restraint
Kameny, Franklin (Frank) (1925-2011)
Kameny v. Brucker (1961)
Kendell, Kate (1960-)
Kennedy, Anthony (1936-)
King, Billie Jean (1943-)
Kinsey, Alfred (1894-1956)
Kinsey Report Publication (1948)
Knights of the Clocks
Koch, Ed (1924-2013)
Kolbe, Jim (1942-)
Kozachenko, Kathy (1954-)
Kramer, Larry (1943-)
Kushner, Tony (1956-)
The Ladder
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
Lavender Scare
Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
Lawyers
Lesbian Feminism
LGBTQ Victory Fund
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
Lyon, Phyllis (1924-) and Del Martin (1921-2008)
VOLUME 2
Maloney, Sean Patrick (1966-)
Mapplethorpe, Robert (1946-1989)
Marches on Washington
Marriage Equality
Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission (2018)
Matlovich, Leonard (1943-1988)
Mattachine Society
Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (2009)
Media Figures
Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC)
Miami-Dade Ordinance Repeal (1977)
Military Activists
Milk, Harvey (1930-1978)
Milk, Harvey, Assassination of (1978)
Mini-DOMAs
Mixner, David (1946-)
Nabozny v. Podlensky (1996)
National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR)
National LGBTQ Task Force
Newsom, Gavin (1967-)
Nichols, Jack (1938-2005)
Noble, Elaine (1942-)
North Carolina's HB2 (2016)
Norton v. Macy (1969)
Obama, Barack, Support of Marriage Equality and LGBTQ Rights
Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)
O'Leary, Jean (1948-2005)
Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services (1998)
ONE Magazine
ONE v. Olesen (1958)
Ortiz Jones, Gina (c. 1981-)
Outing
OutServe-Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN)
Pagonis, Pidgeon (1986-)
Pappas, Christopher (1980-)
Parenting
Park, Sam (1985-)
Parker, Annise (1956-)
Perry, Troy (1940-)
Pocan, Mark (1964-)
Police Harassment
Polis, Jared (1975-)
POZ Magazine
Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins (1989)
Prince, Virginia (1912-2009)
Public Opinion
Pulse Nightclub Massacre (2016)
Queer Nation
Queer Theory
Quinn, Christine (1966-)
Radicalesbians
Radical Gay Agenda
Religious Freedom
Religious Right
Religious Right Organizations
Republican Party
Right to Privacy
Rivera, Sylvia (1951-2002)
Rodwell, Craig (1940-1993)
Roem, Danica (1984-)
Romer v. Evans (1996)
Rustin, Bayard (1912-1987)
Sam, Michael (1990-)
Sarria, Jose (1922-2013)
Scalia, Antonin (1936-2016)
Schools
Sexual Liberation
Shepard, Matthew (1976-1998) and Judy Shepard (1952-)
Sims, Brian (1978-)
Sinema, Kyrsten (1976-)
Smith, Bessie (1894-1937)
Society for Individual Rights (SIR)
Sodomy Laws
Spear, Allan (1937-2008)
Sports
Stonewall Riots (1969)
Studds, Gerry (1937-2006)
Suicide Rates
Sylvia Rivera Law Project
Takano, Mark (1960-)
Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act/Title IX, The Educational Amendments of 1972
Titone, Brianna (c. 1978-)
Transgender/Gender Nonconforming
Transgender Rights
Transgender Rights Organizations
Transitioning
Trump, Donald, Election of (2016)
Two Spirit
2004 Election and Ballot Measures
United States v. Windsor (2013)
Up Stairs Lounge Fire (1973)
Vaid, Urvashi (1958-)
Valdez, Lupe (1941-)
Varnum v. Brien (2009)
Veterans Benevolent Association
Vidal, Gore (1925-2012)
Violence
Voeller, Bruce (1934-1994)
Walker, Vaughn (1944-)
White Night Riots (San Francisco) (1979)
Wicker, Randy (1938-)
Williams Institute
Wolfson, Evan (1957-)
World War II and Its Effects
Zaps
Primary Documents
Employment of Homosexuals and Other Sex Perverts in Government, a Report to the U.S. Senate Known as the Hoey Report (1950)
Mattachine Society Statement of Purpose (1951)
Excerpts from Executive Order 10450-Security Requirements for Government Employment (1953)
Daughters of Bilitis Statement of Purpose (1955)
Mattachine Society of Washington Statement of Purpose (1961)
Harvey Milk, "You've Got to Have Hope" Speech (1977)
Excerpts from the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Bowers v. Hardwick (1986)
Excerpts from the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins (1989)
Excerpts from the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Romer v. Evans (1996)
International Bill of Gender Rights (1996)
Congress Debates the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) (1996)
Excerpts from the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services (1998)
Excerpts from the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (2000)
Evan Wolfson, "All Together Now" (2001)
Excerpts from the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
Remarks by President Barack Obama at the LGBT Pride Month Reception (2010)
Remarks in Recognition of International Human Rights Day by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (2011)
Excerpts from Glenn v. Brumby (2011)
Excerpts from the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in United States v. Windsor (2013)
Excerpts from Elane Photography, LLC v. Willock (2013)
Remarks of Houston Mayor Annise Parker on the Passage of Houston's Equal Rights Ordinance and Its Repeal by Voters (2014, 2015)
Remarks by President Barack Obama on the Supreme Court Decision Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage (2015)
Excerpts from the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)
Bill for a Proposed Equality Act, House Resolution 3185 in the 114th Congress (2015)
Remarks of Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch at a Press Conference Announcing the Filing of a Complaint Against the State of North Carolina to Stop Discrimination Against Transgender Individuals (2016)
Excerpts from the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission (2018)
California Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 110, Chapter 225, Prohibiting Unnecessary Surgeries for Intersex Children (2018)
Appendix: Annotated List of LGBTQ Organizations
Bibliography
About the Editor and Contributors
Index
Preface
Introduction
Chronology
Essays
LGBTQ Candidates
Jason Pierceson
LGBTQ Elected Officials at the State and Local Level
Logan S. Casey
LGBTQ Officeholders at the Federal Level
Jessica Loyet Gracey
LGBTQ Voters
Andrew R. Flores
A-Z Entries
VOLUME 1
Abzug, Bella (1920-1998)
Achtenberg, Roberta (1950-)
Adams v. Howerton (1982)
Adoption/Foster Parenting Bans
The Advocate
AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP)
AIDS Crisis
Amendment 2 (Colorado) (1992)
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER)
American Psychiatric Association (APA), Removal of Homosexuality from List of Mental Disorders (1973)
Antidiscrimination Laws
Apuzzo, Virginia (1941-)
Baehr v. Lewin (1993)
Baker, Jack (1942-) and Michael McConnell (1942-)
Baker v. Nelson (1972)
Baker v. State of Vermont (1999)
Baldwin, James (1924-1987)
Baldwin, Tammy (1962-)
Ballot Measures
Bell, Simone
BiNet USA
Birch, Elizabeth (1956-)
Bisexual Rights
Boston Marriages
Bottoms v. Bottoms (1995)
Boutilier v. INS (1967)
Bowers v. Hardwick (1986)
Boykin, Keith (1965-)
Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (2000)
Braschi v. Stahl Associates (1989)
Briggs Initiative (1978)
Brown, Kate (1960-)
Brown, Rita Mae (1944-)
Bunch, Charlotte (1944-)
Buttigieg, Peter (1982-)
Californians
California's AB 1266 (2013)
California's Proposition 8 (2008)
Call, Hal (1917-2000)
Cannon, Park (c. 1992-)
Cicilline, David (1961-)
Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships
Clinton, Bill, Presidency of (1993-2001)
Clinton, Hillary (1947-)
Coming Out
Compton's Cafeteria Riot (San Francisco) (1966)
Contact Theory
Conversion or Reparative Therapy Bans
Craig, Angie (c. 1972-)
Cunningham, Phillipe (c. 1988-)
Daughters of Bilitis
Davids, Sharice (1980-)
Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) (1996)
Democratic Party
Denny, Dallas (1949-)
Dewey's Restaurant Sit-In (Philadelphia) (1965)
DignityUSA
Discrimination
Doe et al. v. Regional School Unit 26 (2014)
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Policy
Due Process/Fundamental Rights
Durkan, Jenny (1958-)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Rulings on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation
Equal Protection
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
Equality Act/Employment Nondiscrimination Act (ENDA)
Executive Order 10450 (1953)
Federalism
Feldblum, Chai (1959-)
First Amendment
First Pride Parades
Foster, Jim (1934-1990)
Frank, Barney (1940-)
Freedom to Marry
Frye, Phyllis (c. 1946-)
Garcia, Robert (1977-)
Gay Activists Alliance (GAA)
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
Gay Liberation Front (GLF)
Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC)
Gender Dysphoria
Gerber, Henry (1892-1972)
Ginsberg, Allen (1926-1997)
Gittings, Barbara (1932-2007)
GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD)
GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network)
Goodridge v. Department of Public Health (2003)
Griffin, Chad (1973-)
Grimm, Gavin (1999-)
Gunderson, Steve (1951-)
Hallquist, Christine (1956-)
Harlem Renaissance
Harris, Greg (1955-)
Hate-Crime Laws
Hate Crimes
Hay, Harry (1912-2002)
Healey, Maura (1971-)
Hernandez, Daniel, Jr. (1990-)
Hester, Rita, Murder of (1998)
Heteronormativity/Heterosexism
Hill, Katie (c. 1988-)
Hirschfeld, Magnus (1868-1935)
HIV/AIDS
HIV Criminalization Laws
Hoey Committee Hearings/Report (1950)
Hollingsworth v. Perry (2013)
Homelessness
Homophile Movement
Homophile Pickets
Hooker, Evelyn (1907-1996)
Hormel, James (1933-)
Houston Equal Rights Act (HERO) Ordinance Repeal (2015)
Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Group of Boston (1995)
In re Marriage Cases (2008)
interACT
Intersex Rights
Intersex Society of North America/Accord Alliance
Iwamoto, Kim Coco (1968-)
Janus Society
Jenkins, Andrea (1961-)
Johnson, Corey (1982-)
Johnson, Marsha P. (1945-1992)
Jones, Cleve (1954-)
Jorgensen, Christine (1926-1989)
Judicial Activism/Restraint
Kameny, Franklin (Frank) (1925-2011)
Kameny v. Brucker (1961)
Kendell, Kate (1960-)
Kennedy, Anthony (1936-)
King, Billie Jean (1943-)
Kinsey, Alfred (1894-1956)
Kinsey Report Publication (1948)
Knights of the Clocks
Koch, Ed (1924-2013)
Kolbe, Jim (1942-)
Kozachenko, Kathy (1954-)
Kramer, Larry (1943-)
Kushner, Tony (1956-)
The Ladder
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
Lavender Scare
Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
Lawyers
Lesbian Feminism
LGBTQ Victory Fund
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
Lyon, Phyllis (1924-) and Del Martin (1921-2008)
VOLUME 2
Maloney, Sean Patrick (1966-)
Mapplethorpe, Robert (1946-1989)
Marches on Washington
Marriage Equality
Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission (2018)
Matlovich, Leonard (1943-1988)
Mattachine Society
Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (2009)
Media Figures
Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC)
Miami-Dade Ordinance Repeal (1977)
Military Activists
Milk, Harvey (1930-1978)
Milk, Harvey, Assassination of (1978)
Mini-DOMAs
Mixner, David (1946-)
Nabozny v. Podlensky (1996)
National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR)
National LGBTQ Task Force
Newsom, Gavin (1967-)
Nichols, Jack (1938-2005)
Noble, Elaine (1942-)
North Carolina's HB2 (2016)
Norton v. Macy (1969)
Obama, Barack, Support of Marriage Equality and LGBTQ Rights
Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)
O'Leary, Jean (1948-2005)
Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services (1998)
ONE Magazine
ONE v. Olesen (1958)
Ortiz Jones, Gina (c. 1981-)
Outing
OutServe-Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN)
Pagonis, Pidgeon (1986-)
Pappas, Christopher (1980-)
Parenting
Park, Sam (1985-)
Parker, Annise (1956-)
Perry, Troy (1940-)
Pocan, Mark (1964-)
Police Harassment
Polis, Jared (1975-)
POZ Magazine
Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins (1989)
Prince, Virginia (1912-2009)
Public Opinion
Pulse Nightclub Massacre (2016)
Queer Nation
Queer Theory
Quinn, Christine (1966-)
Radicalesbians
Radical Gay Agenda
Religious Freedom
Religious Right
Religious Right Organizations
Republican Party
Right to Privacy
Rivera, Sylvia (1951-2002)
Rodwell, Craig (1940-1993)
Roem, Danica (1984-)
Romer v. Evans (1996)
Rustin, Bayard (1912-1987)
Sam, Michael (1990-)
Sarria, Jose (1922-2013)
Scalia, Antonin (1936-2016)
Schools
Sexual Liberation
Shepard, Matthew (1976-1998) and Judy Shepard (1952-)
Sims, Brian (1978-)
Sinema, Kyrsten (1976-)
Smith, Bessie (1894-1937)
Society for Individual Rights (SIR)
Sodomy Laws
Spear, Allan (1937-2008)
Sports
Stonewall Riots (1969)
Studds, Gerry (1937-2006)
Suicide Rates
Sylvia Rivera Law Project
Takano, Mark (1960-)
Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act/Title IX, The Educational Amendments of 1972
Titone, Brianna (c. 1978-)
Transgender/Gender Nonconforming
Transgender Rights
Transgender Rights Organizations
Transitioning
Trump, Donald, Election of (2016)
Two Spirit
2004 Election and Ballot Measures
United States v. Windsor (2013)
Up Stairs Lounge Fire (1973)
Vaid, Urvashi (1958-)
Valdez, Lupe (1941-)
Varnum v. Brien (2009)
Veterans Benevolent Association
Vidal, Gore (1925-2012)
Violence
Voeller, Bruce (1934-1994)
Walker, Vaughn (1944-)
White Night Riots (San Francisco) (1979)
Wicker, Randy (1938-)
Williams Institute
Wolfson, Evan (1957-)
World War II and Its Effects
Zaps
Primary Documents
Employment of Homosexuals and Other Sex Perverts in Government, a Report to the U.S. Senate Known as the Hoey Report (1950)
Mattachine Society Statement of Purpose (1951)
Excerpts from Executive Order 10450-Security Requirements for Government Employment (1953)
Daughters of Bilitis Statement of Purpose (1955)
Mattachine Society of Washington Statement of Purpose (1961)
Harvey Milk, "You've Got to Have Hope" Speech (1977)
Excerpts from the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Bowers v. Hardwick (1986)
Excerpts from the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins (1989)
Excerpts from the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Romer v. Evans (1996)
International Bill of Gender Rights (1996)
Congress Debates the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) (1996)
Excerpts from the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services (1998)
Excerpts from the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (2000)
Evan Wolfson, "All Together Now" (2001)
Excerpts from the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
Remarks by President Barack Obama at the LGBT Pride Month Reception (2010)
Remarks in Recognition of International Human Rights Day by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (2011)
Excerpts from Glenn v. Brumby (2011)
Excerpts from the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in United States v. Windsor (2013)
Excerpts from Elane Photography, LLC v. Willock (2013)
Remarks of Houston Mayor Annise Parker on the Passage of Houston's Equal Rights Ordinance and Its Repeal by Voters (2014, 2015)
Remarks by President Barack Obama on the Supreme Court Decision Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage (2015)
Excerpts from the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)
Bill for a Proposed Equality Act, House Resolution 3185 in the 114th Congress (2015)
Remarks of Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch at a Press Conference Announcing the Filing of a Complaint Against the State of North Carolina to Stop Discrimination Against Transgender Individuals (2016)
Excerpts from the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission (2018)
California Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 110, Chapter 225, Prohibiting Unnecessary Surgeries for Intersex Children (2018)
Appendix: Annotated List of LGBTQ Organizations
Bibliography
About the Editor and Contributors
Index