Should an employer be required to cover a gay employee's partner under its insurance plan? Do schools have a responsibility to protect gay students from harassment and violence? Is public safety compromised if police and fire departments openly hire gay employees? These are a few of the contentious questions at the center of the struggle for -- and against -- gay rights in cities large and small across the country. By interviewing activists and officials on both sides of the battles, the authors of Private Lives, Public Conflicts examine the on-going political debate surrounding gay rights, specifically: the politics of enacting gay rights policies; the impact of gay rights laws on public schools, the police, and businesses; and the political opposition to this movement.
- ISBN10 1568022786
- ISBN13 9781568022789
- Publish Date 10 February 1997
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 26 February 2009
- Publish Country US
- Publisher SAGE Publications Inc
- Imprint CQ Press
- Edition Revised ed.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 223
- Language English