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Queer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States (Queer Ideas/Queer Action) Paperback – January 24, 2012

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  • Series: Queer Ideas/Queer Action (Book 5)
  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Beacon Press (January 24, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0807051152
  • ISBN-13: 978-0807051153
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches
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5.0 out of 5 starsQueer (In)justice
By James Viloria on May 2, 2011
Format: Hardcover
This non-fiction book deals with core issues in the discourse of gender policing and the criminalization of LGBTQ human beings. While the geographic scope of the essays in Queer (In)justice is limited to the United States, the implications of each well-articulated piece transcend America's borders and provoke an essential questioning of how queer people across the globe have been perceived, taken for granted, and abused as criminals. Of equal value, Queer (In)justice destabilizes the idea of what some see as the most logical liberating path, i.e. same-sex marriage rights, and is one of the rare works that elicits a re-mapping of the route towards equality for all.

Describing real-life experiences and case studies, the authors - Chicago-based civil rights attorney Joey L. Mogul, New York-based police misconduct attorney Andrea J. Ritchie, and activist Katherine Whitlock - provide a harmonious balance of data, research, and uncovered facts about the American legal system, reminding me a bit, in tone at least, of Randy Shilts's 1987 pioneering magnum opus, And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, which chronicles the discovery and spread of HIV/AIDS as well as the indifference of government and political infighting, also in the United States.

But more so than Mr. Shilts's historical exposé, Queer (In)justice possesses a constant bass line of activist soundings, which for me, as a person who believes the world can change, is exciting. As the writers state:

"The challenge is not only to tackle the punishment of sexual and gender deviance through the criminal legal system, but also to call into question and challenge the multiple and interlocking systems of inequality that remain, even as formal forms of discrimination begin to fall.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent book. I am so glad I purchased it
By bmarked21 on March 15, 2015
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Excellent book. I am so glad I purchased it. Anyone interested in law in respect to human rights and equality should pick up this book. Well written and timely, it is a really great history lesson through case study. Eye opening and at times jarring, the authors educate the reader on the history of both queer justice and injustice within the court system. Highly recommend.
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5.0 out of 5 starsHighly Recommended
By E. C. Lyons on April 17, 2011
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Joey Mogul, Andrea Ritchie, and Kay Whitlock with Queer (In)Justice stand in solidarity, in the struggle against transphobia and homophobia in the criminal legal system.

In Queer (In)Justice the three authors bring the reader through the past and present of abuses faced by the queer community in the name of the criminal justice system. The 2003 Police raid of a Detroit club patronized by primarily African American LGBT people is highlighted in the book along with police misconduct from the Stonewall riots in New York City, to the 2003 rape of a trans-woman by two LAPD officers.

The queer community's injustice does not end with the blatant abuse by officers of the law, the book highlights the prevalence of anti-queer rhetoric in open court, and the statistical over-representation of LGBT people in prisons. Before Lawrence v. Texas struck down sodomy laws nationwide in 2003, courts unabashedly referred to suspected queers as "perverted persons," or guilty of "crimes against nature." In 1968, the authors point out, a trans-woman was convicted of vagrancy while wearing a disguise calculated to conceal "his" identity: she had been waiting in a subway station in a white evening gown and makeup--her clever disguise. But even after Lawrence, in 2009, the abuses and homophobic remarks did not end. Queer (In)Justice tells the story behind a prison population and death row chalk full of LGBT people whose convictions are overly severe at best, and frequently dubious.

Each author draws on a wealth of experience in legal activism, resulting in a nationwide survey of this pervasive problem. Kay Whitlock brings her experience as a Montana-based activist in LGBT rights specifically, as well as economic and environmental issues.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsAlso great for people who don't care so much about that
By Nacho Daddy on May 3, 2014
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Must have book if you are interested in the intersections of prison/criminal legal system and LGBTQ people. Also great for people who don't care so much about that. Great look at the way ideas about queer people have grounded modern notions of criminality.
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5.0 out of 5 starsThis is a clear and understandable presentation of how certain groups have been oppressed
By David W. Weir on February 9, 2014
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When working in Oklahoma where we are told that we are not really after equal rights, but special rights, because we are so uppity and self serving, the stats presented in this book is quite helpful in combating such ingrained homophobia, transphobia and racism. There really are ways the intersection of poverty and multiple minority disenfranchisements (such as being black and transgendered at the same time) indicates very high risks of negative, hurtful, and unfair consequences within the systems we rely on, even if the actual crime committed is exactly the same as what others do all the time and not even get slapped on the wrist.
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5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent book
By Joel Kramer on June 18, 2014
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A slightly dry but very interesting account of how the United States has criminalized, stereotyped, and punished gender nonconformists and LGBT people from colonial times to the present day. The writing is clear and straightforward, and the notes and citations are almost as long as the book itself. This book serves as an eye opening read and as an excellent resource.
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