The Gay Marriage Generation : How the LGBTQ Movement Transformed American Culture

New York University Press

The Gay Marriage GenerationHow the LGBTQ Movement Transformed American Culture\nAuthor(s): Peter Hart-Brinson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: New York University Press, United States\nImprint: New York University Press\nISBN-13: 9781479826230, 978-1479826230\nSynopsis\nThe generational and social thinking changes that caused an unprecedented shift toward support for gay marriage\n How did gay marriagesomething unimaginable two decades agocome to feel inevitable to even its staunchest opponents? Drawing on over 95 interviews with two generations of Americans, as well as historical analysis and public opinion data, Peter Hart-Brinson argues that a fundamental shift in our understanding of homosexuality sparked the generational change that fueled gay marriage's unprecedented rise. Hart-Brinson shows that the LGBTQ movement's evolution and tactical responses to oppression caused Americans to reimagine what it means to be gay and what gay marriage would mean to society at large. While olde.