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  • 10/2014
  • 9781466567306
  • 451 pages
  • $79.95
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Civil Rights: A Public Policy Agenda for Uniting a Divided America
Wally Swan, editor (anthology)

Adult; Political & Social Sciences; (Market)

After two years of work, the book that I have edited titled “Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Civil Rights: A Public Policy Agenda for Uniting a Divided America” (CRC Press) is scheduled to come out on October 3, 2014. Why is this book of interest to you? (1) It is the only book provides information about what comes next for the LGBT community after marriage in 19 states; as well as (2) It defines how we may achieve equality in the 30+ states that have no protections for LGBT people regarding housing, education and workplace activity. This book includes a number of chapters from writers around the country: • Senator Scott Dibble of Minnesota writes the Foreword for the book; then there is an extensive discussion by • Chris Thomason of Wisconsin about the organizations that carry on the battle for and against LGBT human rights, • Gary Gates from the Williams Institute at U.C.L.A. is the leading L.G.B.T. demographer in the country writing about key statistics about our community • There is a comparison of Minnesota (by Minnesotan Beth Bibus) and North Carolina (Wallace Swan) in the battle about marriage amendments, • There is a chapter about LGBT elected officials by Jane Laine (including profiles about L.G.B.T. leaders from around the country), • There is an excellent chapter by Sam McClure (of the Washington D.C. based National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce ) about workplace diversity in businesses around the country, • There is a discussion of LGBT educational support in grades K-12 by Coloradan Tracy Phariss and higher education by Michael Grewe at Augsburg College • There are two chapters about Transgender issues by Minneapolis City Council aide Andrea Jenkins and Minneapolitan Denise Burke, • A full chapter on Bisexual issues by Victor Raymond (a leader in the national Bisexual movement from Madison Wisconsin) • A chapter on Health issues by Sid Guthrie from Regions Hospital in St. Paul, • The LGBT Seniors chapter by University of Minnesota Dean Jean Quam and K. Abel Knochel, • A chapter about Homelessness among youth, adults and seniors by Stephanie Kimble, • A chapter on LGBT governmental infrastructure by Professor Kristen Norman- Major at Hamline University in St. Paul as well as • The excellent work on Criminal Justice issues by Dallas Drake from the Minneapolis-based Center for Homicide Research. If you would like a copy of the book for review, please send me a return email to: “Book Review Copy” (in the address header) at swanx009@umn.edu. Thanks, Dr. Wallace Swan, Adjunct Instructor, Hamline University; and Contributing Faculty Member, Walden University, 15 South 1`st Street, Minneapolis, MN. 55401
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Hardcover Book Details
  • 10/2014
  • 9781466567306
  • 451 pages
  • $79.95
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