THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT seeks to extend basic civil rights protection to gay men and lesbians. Gays want the same opportunities other Americans seek or enjoy. They want the right to love whom they wish and the chance to live as homosexuals without fear...

The tidal wave of social change that began with the black civil rights movement of the early 1960s carried many other social movements on its crest. These included the anti-Vietnam War protests, women's liberation, and the gay and lesbian...

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Social movements originated from causes that have been simmering for a long time. The outburst, though it gains the initial public attention, is not the beginning. Such was what occurred in Rosa Parks' defiance of racial segregation in bus lines in Birmingham, AL. Other...

Edited by Ghanshyam Shah (New Delhi: Sage, 2002, pp.xvi + 475, 35 [pounds sterling] hb; 14.99 [pounds sterling] pb). This is the fourth volume in the Readings in Indian Government and Politics Series published by Sage. The attention is shifted from political...

Tyler Doustou enjoyed playing with his parents like any other two-year-old. He loved to play catch with the parent he called “Da-Da.” He was not shy about giving kisses to his mommy. But one day in 1993 his maternal grandmother, Kay Bottoms,...

Explores laws in Australia and other nations concering homosexual de facto couples. Describes legal issues and social implications that arise within society when the subject is broached. Proposes possible legal reforms.

This is a descriptive essay on the effects of gay rights in America.

Reviews discrimination against homosexuals in the past and present and recommends methods to prevent the discrimination.