Sharon Kowalski Case: Lesbian and Gay Rights on Trial

by Casey Charles

Book Overview

While car-crash victim Sharon Kowalski lay comatose in the hospital, battle lines were drawn between her parents and her lesbian companion Karen Thompson, initiating a nearly decade-long struggle over the guardianship of Kowalski. The ensuing litigation became a rallying point for gays and lesbians frustrated by laws and social stigmas that treated them as second-class citizens. Considered the most compelling case of his lifetime by the late Tom Stoddard,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700612661
• ISBN13: 9780700612666
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"