Violence against queer people : race, class, gender, and the persistence of anti-LGBT discrimination / Doug Meyer.
2015
HV6250.4.H66 M49 2015 (Mapit)
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Title
Violence against queer people : race, class, gender, and the persistence of anti-LGBT discrimination / Doug Meyer.
Author
Meyer, Doug, 1980-
ISBN
9780813573151 (paperback)
0813573157 (paperback)
9780813573168 (hardcover)
0813573165 (hardcover)
0813573157 (paperback)
9780813573168 (hardcover)
0813573165 (hardcover)
Published
New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2015]
Language
English
Description
viii, 194 pages ; 24 cm
Call Number
HV6250.4.H66 M49 2015
Dewey Decimal Classification
362.88086/64
Summary
"Violence against lesbians and gay men has increasingly captured media and scholarly attention. But these reports tend to focus on one segment of the LGBT community--white, middle class men--and largely ignore that part of the community that arguably suffers a larger share of the violence--racial minorities, the poor, and women. In Violence against Queer People, sociologist Doug Meyer offers the first investigation of anti-queer violence that focuses on the role played by race, class, and gender. Drawing on interviews with forty-seven victims of violence, Meyer shows that LGBT people encounter significantly different forms of violence--and perceive that violence quite differently--based on their race, class, and gender. His research highlights the extent to which other forms of discrimination--including racism and sexism--shape LGBT people's experience of abuse. He reports, for instance, that lesbian and transgender women often described violent incidents in which a sexual or a misogynistic component was introduced, and that LGBT people of color sometimes weren't sure if anti-queer violence was based solely on their sexuality or whether racism or sexism had also played a role. Many feel that the struggle for gay rights has largely been accomplished and the tide of history has swung in favor of LGBT equality. Violence Against Queer People, on the contrary, argues that the lives of many LGBT people have improved very little, if at all, over the past thirty years."--Back cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Awards
Stonewall Honor Book in Nonfiction, 2016
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Social inequality and violence against LGBT people
More than homophobia : the race, class, and gender dynamics of anti-LGBT violence
"I'm making Black people look bad" : the racial implications of anti-queer violence
Gendered views of sexual assault, physical violence, and verbal abuse
Race, gender, and perceptions of violence as homophobic
"Not that big of a deal" : social class differences in viewing violence as severe
The home and the street : violence from strangers and family members
Conclusion: Anti-queer violence and multiple systems of oppression.
More than homophobia : the race, class, and gender dynamics of anti-LGBT violence
"I'm making Black people look bad" : the racial implications of anti-queer violence
Gendered views of sexual assault, physical violence, and verbal abuse
Race, gender, and perceptions of violence as homophobic
"Not that big of a deal" : social class differences in viewing violence as severe
The home and the street : violence from strangers and family members
Conclusion: Anti-queer violence and multiple systems of oppression.