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The Case for Gay Reparations by Omar Guillermo Encarnación is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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**A compelling and timely vision for gay reparations in the United States** In the last two decades many nations have adopted "gay reparations," or policies intended to make amends for a history of discrimination, stigmatization, and violence on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Far from being a homogenous or uniform phenomenon, gay reparations encompass a small constellation of approaches including a formal apology to the LGBT community for past wrongdoing, financial compensation for victims of anti-LGBT laws and actions, and the erection of monuments to the memory of those who suffered because of structural homophobia. The United States, however, has been reluctant to embrace gay reparations, making the country something of an outlier among Western democracies. Beyond making the case for gay reparations in the United States, this book explores a wide range of questions provoked by the rise of the gay reparations movement. Among these questions, three stand out for what they reveal about the puzzling and complex nature of this new front in the struggle for LGBT equality. Why, after centuries of attempts to marginalize, dehumanize, and even eradicate LGBT people,

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Author

Omar Guillermo Encarnación

Publisher

Oxford University PressNew York

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9780197535677

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Sociology, Political Science