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Meyer, Doug, 1980-
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Gay people -- Violence against -- United States.
Hate crimes -- United States.
Social classes -- United States.
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Violence against que...
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Violence against queer people : race, class, gender, and the persistence of anti-LGBT discrimination / Doug Meyer.
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Meyer, Doug, 1980-
New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, c2015.
Subjects
Gay people -- Violence against -- United States.
Hate crimes -- United States.
Social classes -- United States.
ISBN:
9780813573168 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0813573165 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780813573151 (pbk. : alk. paper) :
0813573157 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Description:
viii, 194 pages ; 24 cm
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 -- Genered 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.
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"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. Meyer observes that given the many differences in how anti-queer violence is experienced, the present media focus on white, middle-class victims greatly oversimplifies and distorts the nature of anti-queer violence. In fact, attempts to reduce anti-queer violence that ignore race, class, and gender run the risk of helping only the most privileged gay subjects."--Publisher's Web site.
Awards:
Stonewall Book Honor Book, 2016
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