Violence and Social Injustice Against Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual People (Paperback)

by Lacey Sloan (Author) "SUMMARY. This article provides a conceptual model for defining antigay violence that incorporates the diverse manifestations of such violence, its multilevel nature, and its structural..." (more)
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In Violence and Social Injustice Against Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual People, you'll see the many ways in which sexual minority persons experience violence in American society. You'll gain a clear understanding of the connections between social injustice, discrimination, and violence. All the many forms—physical assaults, oppressive laws, sexual harassment, societal attitudes, and job discrimination—of social injustice are covered. This insightful book can help you meet CSWE mandates on gay and lesbian content.

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• Paperback: 152 pages
• Publisher: Routledge (July 13, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 156023122X
• ISBN-13: 978-1560231226
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,403,457 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Of societal and institutional discrimination, March 11, 2003

By	C. MacNeil "Three Rivers Reviewer" (Fort Wayne, IN USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Violence and Social Injustice Against Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual People (Hardcover)

The homophobic-charged murder of Matthew Shepherd on a cold Wyoming prairie cystalized public awareness and outrage at such an unspeakable act of violence. But the national shame limited its focus on the violence of individuals at the expense of calling attention to the prejudice and discrimination that very much exists on both a societal and institutional basis. This body of work compiled by editors Lacey Sloan and Nora Gustavsson is a wake-up call to redress the socially accepted prejudice that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people encounter every day in laws that single them out, workplace harrassment and what is little less than unequal protection under the law. Edited as a scholarly work with a slant toward social and legal policymakers, "Violence and Social Injustice ..." nonetheless speaks to the larger social order in identifying the daily rituals of social and institutional (government agenices, police, workplace, courts) violence that, though so routine that they go virtually unnoticed, cries for social and legal redress. For the lay person and researcher alike, this book may well be the definitive research on the prevalence of social injustice for yet another group of people that social etiquette and public policy have done worse than totally ignore. Both have endorsed and promoted prejudice that, in any society, serves nothing more than to make it weaker.