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Queer (in)justice the criminalization of LGBT people in the United States

Draws on years of research, activism, and legal advocacy to present an examination of the gay experience, illustrating the continuing punishment of gay expression in the United States and illuminating strategies for change.

Main Author: Mogul, Joey L., 1969-
Other Authors: Ritchie, Andrea J., Whitlock, Kay.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Boston : Beacon Press, c2011.
Series: Queer action/queer ideas
Subjects:
Gays > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration > United States.
Gay people > Violence against > United States.
Hate crimes > United States.
Homophobia > Law and legislation > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Setting the historical stage : colonial legacies
  • Gleeful gay killers, lethal lesbians, & deceptive gender benders : queer criminal archetypes
  • The ghosts of Stonewall : policing gender, policing sex
  • Objection! : treatment of queers in criminal courts
  • Caging deviance : prisons as queer spaces
  • False promises : criminal legal responses to violence against LGBT people
  • Over the rainbow : where do we go from here?

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