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ISBN:

1525-6146

Accession Number:

20810576

Abstract:

The article discusses issues relevant to hate crimes legislative bills in the United States focusing on anti-gay, anti-transgender bias that stalled federal hate crimes legislation. Apparently, the law has not been enacted because of the way people feel about gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans. There is great opposition to hate crimes legislation on the political right, and the organizations that most ardently oppose the federal hate crimes legislation happen to be those that also oppose any form of protection for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender people, or for same-sex couples.

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Vol. 7 Issue 2, p171-186 16p

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ISBN:

1053-8720

Accession Number:

12107160

Abstract:

This article discusses the need for community-based, gay-straight, youth-adult alliances in rural settings and provides a beginning framework for how to create this type of organization. It describes an emerging local community-based alliance of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, and youth and adult allies. Unlike school-based gay-straight alliances in a college town and nearby rural communities.

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Vol. 16 Issue 3/4, p99-112 14p