Harris Dousemetzis

The Carter Presidency and Gay Rights (eBook, ePUB)

The Revolution that Dared Not Speak Its Name

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Examining a significant and largely unexplored aspect of Jimmy Carter's presidency (1977-1981), Harris Dousemetzis radically revises the current understanding of this critical period in American political history.

By using a wealth of previously unpublished archival material, along with personal interviews with 43 prominent gay rights activists of the time and 12 senior Carter White House aides, this book documents what actually happened during Carter's presidency regarding the development and recognition of gay rights and the efforts of the evangelical right to prevent social reform. Investigating the full range of government actions taken and policies implemented, Carter's personal commitment and support for the movement, as well as the role of activists in bringing about change, this is a significant and original contribution to knowledge about Carter's presidency, the gay rights movement, and American political development. Dousemetzis situates Carter's presidency in its rightful place, as a crucial stage in one of the most dynamic areas of change in recent American politics and political culture.

Features a Foreword by Stuart Eizenstat and an Afterword by Lilian Faderman.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350381100
• Artikelnr.: 72249718

Autorenporträt

Harris Dousemetzis is a lecturer at the University of Sunderland and a tutor at Durham University, UK. A Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, he is the author of The Man who Killed Apartheid: The Life of Dimitri Tsafendas (2018) and provided the Report to the Minister of Justice, advocate Tshililo Michael Masutha, in the Matter of Dr. Verwoerd's Assassination.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures Acknowledgements Foreword - Stuart E. Eizenstat
Introduction Chapter 1: The Issue of Gay Rights in the 1976 Elections
Chapter 2: Carter's Appointments Chapter 3: Opening the White House to the
Gay Community Chapter 4: Addressing Interests within the Gay Community
Chapter 5: The Lesbian Dimension, The National Women's Conference and its
Aftermath Chapter 6: Federal Employees and Civil Rights Chapter 7: Taxation
and Federal Funding Chapter 8: Immigration Chapter 9: The Military Chapter
10: The Administration and Other Gay Rights Issues Chapter 11: Speaking out
for Gay Rights Chapter 12: The White House Conference on Families Chapter
13: Carter's Judicial Appointments Chapter 14: The 1980 Nomination Battle,
The Gay Community and Carter v. Kennedy Chapter 15: The 1980 General
Elections, Carter v. Reagan and the Gay Community Conclusion: Carter's Gay
Rights Legacy Afterword - Lilian Faderman List of Abbreviations Sources
Index