Proud Heritage: People, Issues, and Documents of the LGBT Experience [3 volumes] / Edition 3

by Chuck Stewart

Overview

This groundbreaking three-volume reference traces the roots and development of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights and issues in the United States from the pre-colonial period to the present day.

With the social, religious, and political stigmas attached to alternative lifestyles throughout history, most homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgender people lived covertly for much of, if not all of, their lives. Likewise, the narrative of our country excludes the contributions, struggles, and historical achievements of this group. This revealing, chronologically arranged reference work uncovers the rich story of the LGBT community in the United States and discusses the politics, culture, and issues affecting it since the early 17th century.

Author Chuck Stewart traces the evolution of LGBT issues as part of our nation's shared cultural past and modern-day experience. Volume 1 focuses on the origins of the movement with the founding of Jamestown in 1607 through the 1970s and the beginning of gay rights activism in the United States. Volume 2 spans the 1980s and the AIDs pandemic through the present-day issues of marriage equality. Volume 3 gives a concise review of this society in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

• Highlights the social, cultural, and political developments of LGBT issues through biographies of key people, entries, legislation, and primary documents
• Covers content mandated by the Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful (FAIR) Education Act in California
• Encourages critical inquiry and thinking by integrating factual content with speeches, letters, and biographies
• Contains contributions from more than 70 academic scholars from across disciplines to give a broad perspective on the content
• Includes state-by-state examinations of LGBT history and laws

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781610693981
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/16/2014
Edition description:	3rd ed.
Pages:	1440
Product dimensions:	8.80(w) x 11.40(h) x 3.90(d)

About the Author

Chuck Stewart, PhD, teaches math and statistics courses for National University and University of Phoenix and is an independent researcher and writer on LGBT topics.

Editorial Reviews

"A valuable resource for public, highschool, and academic libraries, Stewart’s encyclopedia places in context the growing decriminalization and approbation of varied forms of sexuality." - Booklist

"The primary documents greatly facilitate the aim of 'filling in the blanks and silences of a past that has always been queerer than heteropatriarchal histories have acknowledged,' as contributor Christopher Lozensky writes. . . . Summing Up: Recommended. Undergraduate students; general readers." - Choice

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