Gays/justice: A Study of Ethics, Society, and Law

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Columbia University Press, 1988 - Law - 357 pages
Society at large does not know what to think about gays. Social taboos on discussing sexuality, especially gay sexuality, have left a void in society's understanding of gays. This void, though, has been filled to overflowing with stereotypes, prejudices, and unexamined fears, which in concert have largely governed the development of social policy towards gays. This book aims to inform the general audience of gay experience.
 

Contents

Introduction I
1
Some Questions Facts and Values
21
Why Sodomy Laws Are Bad
49
Whence and Whither
63
Why Sex Is Private
94
The Privacy Caselaw
127
Four Millian Arguments for Gay Rights
137
Can Antigay Discrimination Be Noninvidious?
188
AIDS Gay Life State Coercion
215
AIDS Gay Men and the Insurance Industry
244
Noyade
267
A Survivors Manual
277
Strategy When Justice Fails
315
Index
339
Copyright

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