the criminalization of LGBT people in the United States
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Mogul, Joey L.
- Creator
- Ritchie, Andrea J.
- Creator
- Whitlock, Kay
- Publish Year
- 2011
- Shelfmark
- VS 3 2011 - B
- Thesaurus
- criminele politiek, homoseksualiteit, biseksualiteit, transseksualiteit, slachtoffers, geweld, rechtspraak, gevangenissen, etniciteit, historisch, Verenigde Staten
- Description
- Description of the different ways in which lives of LGBT individuals in the US are criminalized, policed, and punished. The authors describe queer criminal archetypes, such as 'gleeful gay killers', 'lethal lesbians', 'disease spreaders', and 'deceptive gender benders'. They explore the punishment of queer expression, regardless of whether a crime was ever committed. The authors argue that the policing of sex and gender both bolsters and reinforces racial and gender inequalities.