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"Thousands of antigay crimes have been reported. Many thousands more go unacknowledged every year, the survivors fearing further victimization from a hostile society. A balance of science and advocacy, this book seeks to understand this frightening phenomenon. Beginning with an overview of antigay violence and victimization, the contributors consider such issues as: the social context of hate crimes; documenting victimization; the social psychology...
2) Violence against queer people: race, class, gender, and the persistence of anti-LGBT discrimination
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"Violence against lesbians and gay men has increasingly captured media and scholarly attention. But these reports tend to focus on one segment of the LGBT community--white, middle class men--and largely ignore that part of the community that arguably suffers a larger share of the violence--racial minorities, the poor, and women. In Violence against Queer People, sociologist Doug Meyer offers the first investigation of anti-queer violence that focuses...
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"Drawing on years of research, activism, and legal advocacy, Queer (In)Justice is a searing examination of queer experiences as 'suspects,' defendants, prisoners, and survivors of crime. The authors unpack queer criminal archetypes--from 'gleeful gay killers' and 'lethal lesbians' to 'disease spreaders' and 'deceptive gender benders'-to illustrate the punishment of queer expression, regardless of whether a crime was ever committed. Tracing stories...
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