Gay Marriage Generation - How the LGBTQ Movement Transformed American Culture Hart-Brinson PeterPaperback / softback
Gay Marriage Generation - How the LGBTQ Movement Transformed American Culture Hart-Brinson PeterPaperback / softback The generational and social thinking changes that caused an unprecedented shift…
Specifikacia Gay Marriage Generation - How the LGBTQ Movement Transformed American Culture Hart-Brinson PeterPaperback / softback
Gay Marriage Generation - How the LGBTQ Movement Transformed American Culture Hart-Brinson PeterPaperback / softback
The generational and social thinking changes that caused an unprecedented shift toward support for gay marriageHow did gay marriage-something unimaginable two decades ago-come to feel inevitable to even its staunchest opponents? Hart-Brinson shows that the LGBTQ movement's evolution and tactical responses to oppression caused Americans to reimagine what it means to be gay and what gay marriage would mean to society at large. Drawing on over 95 interviews with two generations of Americans, as well as historical analysis and public opinion data, Peter Hart-Brinson argues that a fundamental shift in our understanding of homosexuality sparked the generational change that fueled gay marriage's unprecedented rise.
While older generations grew up imagining gays and lesbians in terms of their behavior, younger generations came to understand them in terms of their identity. Over