The Carter Presidency and Gay Rights
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-38109-4 (ISBN)
By using a wealth of previously unpublished archival material, along with personal interviews with 43 prominent gay rights activists of the time and 12 senior Carter White House aides, this book documents what actually happened during Carter’s presidency regarding the development and recognition of gay rights and the efforts of the evangelical right to prevent social reform. Investigating the full range of government actions taken and policies implemented, Carter’s personal commitment and support for the movement, as well as the role of activists in bringing about change, this is a significant and original contribution to knowledge about Carter’s presidency, the gay rights movement, and American political development. Dousemetzis situates Carter’s presidency in its rightful place, as a crucial stage in one of the most dynamic areas of change in recent American politics and political culture.
Features a Foreword by Stuart Eizenstat and an Afterword by Lilian Faderman.
Harris Dousemetzis is a tutor at the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University, UK. A Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, he is the author of The Man who Killed Apartheid: The Life of Dimitri Tsafendas (2018) and provided the Report to the Minister of Justice, Advocate Tshililo Michael Masutha, in the Matter of Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd’s Assassination.
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Foreword - Stuart E. Eizenstat
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Issue of Gay Rights in the 1976 Elections
Chapter 2: Carter's Appointments
Chapter 3: Opening the White House to the Gay Community
Chapter 4: Addressing Interests within the Gay Community
Chapter 5: The Lesbian Dimension, The National Women's Conference and its Aftermath
Chapter 6: Federal Employees and Civil Rights
Chapter 7: Taxation and Federal Funding
Chapter 8: Immigration
Chapter 9: The Military
Chapter 10: The Administration and Other Gay Rights Issues
Chapter 11: Speaking out for Gay Rights
Chapter 12: The White House Conference on Families
Chapter 13: Carter's Judicial Appointments
Chapter 14: The 1980 Nomination Battle, The Gay Community and Carter v. Kennedy
Chapter 15: The 1980 General Elections, Carter v. Reagan and the Gay Community
Conclusion: Carter's Gay Rights Legacy
Afterword - Lilian Faderman
List of Abbreviations
Sources
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 26.08.2024 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-350-38109-8 / 1350381098 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-350-38109-4 / 9781350381094 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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