The Path to Gay Rights: How Activism and Coming Out Changed Public Opinion

by Jeremiah J. Garretson

Book Overview

An innovative, data-driven explanation of how public opinion shifted on LGBTQ rights

The Path to Gay Rights is the first social science analysis of how and why the LGBTQ movement achieved its most unexpected victory--transforming gay people from a despised group of social deviants into a minority worthy of rights and protections in the eyes of most Americans. The book weaves together a narrative of LGBTQ history with new findings...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479850071
• ISBN13: 9781479850075
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"