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Books & Treatises
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Family Law (Westlaw)
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Family Law discusses the legal aspects of marriage, divorce, adoption, custody, parentage, surrogacy, visitation, assisted reproduction, and other family law topics from the perspective of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals. It contains analysis of issues related to post-heterosexual relationship custody and visitation; single party adoption and foster care; treatment of issues associated with assisted reproduction and surrogacy; two-party adoptions and judgments; custody disputes between former same-sex partners in cases in which both partners are legal parents; dissolution and separation issues where only one parent is a legal parent; marriage and other relationship protections; and transsexual marriage and parentage rights.
Sexual Orientation & the Law (Westlaw)
Sexual Orientation and the Law is the nation's first and most comprehensive legal treatise for practitioners nation-wide representing lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered clients; those in alternative families or facing discrimination due to alternative lifestyles or gender stereotypes; and clients with HIV or AIDS. It includes extensive legal arguments, litigation strategies, current case law and legislation, sample agreements, practice pointers, and forms.
Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and the Law in a Nutshell (West Academic)
This Nutshell presents a very timely overview of legal topics relating to sexual orientation, gender identity and the law. Topics covered include: regulation of sexuality, gender identity and expression, parenthood, marriage, United States military, nondiscrimination statutes and ordinances, freedom of expression, freedom of association, and religious freedom. Discussion includes developments at the federal, state and local level. Statutes discussed include Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Title IX; the Fair Housing Act; the Affordable Care Act; Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell; Defense of Marriage Act, as well as some of the anti-LGBT rights measures that have been adopted in various states.
Other Resources
LGBTQ+ Rights (HeinOnline)
LGBTQ+ Rights charts the gay rights movement in America, showing the civil rights codified into law in the 20th and 21st centuries, as well as the inequalities that still exist today. Topics covered include the Defense of Marriage Act, the AIDS crisis, military service by gay and transgender service members, "bathroom bills," and more. A separate subcollection presents historical texts whose views some readers may find offensive today, showing the prejudicial beliefs that permeated society and helped formed the laws of their time.
