Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban AffairsPublisher:
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Nominations of Kenneth D. Brody, Roberta Achtenberg, and Nicolas P. Retsinas
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban AffairsPublisher:
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1146
Book Description
Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1060
Book Description
Freedom to Differ
Author: Diane Helene MillerPublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814761003
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Many of us have grown up with the language of civil rights, yet rarely consider how the construction of civil rights claims affects those who are trying to attain them. Diane Miller examines arguments lesbians and gay men make for civil rights, revealing the ways these arguments are both progressive--in terms of helping to win court cases seeking basic human rights--and limiting--in terms of framing representations of gay men and lesbians. Miller incorporates case studies of lesbians in the military and in politics into her argument. She discusses in detail the experiences of Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer, who was dishonorably discharged from the National Guard after 27 years of service when she revealed that she was a lesbian, and Roberta Achtenberg, who was nominated by Clinton for the job of Assistant Director of Housing and Urban Development and became the first gay or lesbian to face the confirmation process. Drawing on these cases and their outcomes, Miller evaluates the advantages and disadvantages of privileging civil rights strategies in the struggle for gay and lesbian rights.
Legislative Calendar
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban AffairsPublisher:
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Category : Banking law
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Congressional Hearings Calendar
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Category : Legislative hearings
Languages : en
Pages : 870
Book Description
Congressional Record Index
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1504
Book Description
Includes history of bills and resolutions.
Brave Journeys
Author: David MixnerPublisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0307788695
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
In Stranger Among Friends, renowned activist, political adviser, and White House insider David Mixner offered a compelling account of his decades-long fight for human rights and the challenges he faced as a gay man in Washington. Now, in this new book written with collaborator Dennis Bailey, Mixner presents moving, candid, and inspiring portraits of other extraordinary men and women engaged in the struggle for equality. Brave Journeys: Profiles in Gay and Lesbian Courage From a top-gun pilot in the U.S. Navy to an authority on antigay violence, from a member of the president's administration to a leading Shakespearean actor, Brave Journeys tells the stirring stories of seven intrepid men and women who effectively challenged the status quo and thereby altered the political and societal landscape of the world we live in. In these pages we meet Hispanic-American Dianne Hardy-Garcia, executive director of the Lesbian and Gay Rights Lobby of Texas and a passionate crusader against hate crimes; Elaine Noble, the feisty veteran of Boston's busing wars who became the first openly gay person to be elected to a state office in the United States-the Massachusetts State Legislature; brilliant British actor Sir Ian McKellen, who came out as a gay man and an activist in one very public moment on the BBC; Roberta Achtenberg, who braved the venomous homophobia of Jesse Helms in Senate confirmation hearings for her appointment to the Department of Housing and Urban Development; Lieutenant Tracy Thorne, a Navy fighter pilot living his lifelong dream of flight who outed himself on Nightline to challenge the U.S. military's policy against gays and lesbians, fully aware that this would mean the end of his Navy career; and San Franciscans Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, founders of the first national lesbian organization, the Daughters of Bilitis, who have celebrated fifty years together as a couple. Powerful and eloquent, Brave Journeys is David Mixner's tribute to gay men and lesbians who have made a difference. Rich in private bravery and public risk, these profiles comprise a vivid map of the gay rights movement over the last fifty years-and individually they testify to the power of courage to force change against profoundly overwhelming odds.
Congressional Record
Author: United States. CongressPublisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 758
Book Description
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Sexual Orientation and the Law
Author: Roberta AchtenbergPublisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 914
Book Description
This looseleaf treatise explains the affect of the law on gay and lesbian clients in the areas of employment discrimination, civil rights, family law, immigration, criminal defense, and a wide variety of other areas. A collection of problem solving strategies, techniques, and materials are included in the work.