Keywords:
Discrimination--Law and legislation--United States
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Electronic books
Description / Table of Contents:
The United States, and the West in general, has always organized society along bipolar lines. We are either gay or straight, male or female, white or not, disabled or not. In recent years, however, America seems increasingly aware of those who defy such easy categorization. Yet, rather than being welcomed for the challenges that they offer, people living the gap are often ostracized by all the communities to which they might belong. Bisexuals, for instance, are often blamed for spreading AIDS to the heterosexual community and are regarded with suspicion by gays and lesbians. Interracial couple
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
Online-Ressource (316 p.)
ISBN:
9780814715208
Series Statement:
Critical America Series
URL:
http://gbv.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=865875
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=865875
DDC:
346.7301
Language:
English
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; ONE Introduction: Living the Gap; TWO A Bi Jurisprudence; THREE Sexual Orientation; FOUR Gender; FIVE Race; SIX Disability; SEVEN Bipolar Injustice: The Moral Code; EIGHT Invisible Hybrids under the U.S. Census; Notes; Index;
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