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LGBTQ Life in America: Examining the Facts
LGBTQ Life in America: Examining the Facts
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"Given the current sociopolitical climate, this reference provides much-needed information
on the challenges the LGBTQ community faces today." - Choice
This indispensable book debunks common myths and misconceptions about the LGBTQ community while providing accurate information about LGBTQ people, their successes and shared history, and the current challenges they face in American society.
This book provides readers with a clear and unbiased understanding of what it means to be LGBTQ in the United States in the 2020s. Beginning with the origins of LGBTQ identity and history, the book addresses the current status of the LGBTQ community; gender expectations and performance in American culture; transgender and non-binary identity; behaviors and outcomes associated with LGBTQ people; and, finally, diversity within the community. Utilizing authoritative sources and lay-friendly definitions and explanations, this work punctures myths, misconceptions, and incorrect assumptions about sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expectations and norms. In addition, it provides an illuminating record of the history of discrimination and mistreatment to which LGBTQ people have historically been subjected in America. At a time when information itself is increasingly fraught in American political discourse, this book provides facts and context for the most important questions facing LGBTQ Americans, past, present, and future.
Author: Melissa R. Michelson,Brian F. Harrison
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 07/24/2025
Series: Contemporary Debates
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9798216201694
on the challenges the LGBTQ community faces today." - Choice
This indispensable book debunks common myths and misconceptions about the LGBTQ community while providing accurate information about LGBTQ people, their successes and shared history, and the current challenges they face in American society.
This book provides readers with a clear and unbiased understanding of what it means to be LGBTQ in the United States in the 2020s. Beginning with the origins of LGBTQ identity and history, the book addresses the current status of the LGBTQ community; gender expectations and performance in American culture; transgender and non-binary identity; behaviors and outcomes associated with LGBTQ people; and, finally, diversity within the community. Utilizing authoritative sources and lay-friendly definitions and explanations, this work punctures myths, misconceptions, and incorrect assumptions about sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expectations and norms. In addition, it provides an illuminating record of the history of discrimination and mistreatment to which LGBTQ people have historically been subjected in America. At a time when information itself is increasingly fraught in American political discourse, this book provides facts and context for the most important questions facing LGBTQ Americans, past, present, and future.
Author: Melissa R. Michelson,Brian F. Harrison
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 07/24/2025
Series: Contemporary Debates
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9798216201694
