Obstacles to Equality
Government Responses to the Gay Rights Movement in the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7352867 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A S Cohan (Lancaster University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 59-76 |
| Publication date | 1982-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3217 • E-ISSN: 1467-9248 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9248.1982.tb00519.x |
| OpenAlex | W1989699544 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 2 |
The Gay Rights movement in the United States, like other social movements, may achieve its goal of full equality before the law through actions by the legislatures or courts. Generally, action by the latter opens the door to concessions by the former. But the Gay Rights movement has not progressed as its adherents have wished for four reasons: (1) the unpopularity of homosexuals; (2) the disjointed nature of American government(s); (3) the absence of cohesiveness of the movement itself, possibly as a result of a lack of economic deprivation among homosexuals; and (4) most significant, the unwillingness of the Supreme Court to accord to homosexuals the same rights it has extended to other minority groups, thereby giving a lead to legislatures as they did in the area of civil rights for Blacks
Civil rights · Gay rights · Government (linguistics · Group cohesiveness · Legislature · Movement (music · Political science · Politics · Social movement · Supreme court · Law · Policy Transfer and Learning · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1996 - 2020 (25) |
| Highly cited | No |