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• (1) I - General Works on Sexual Orientation and the Law
  
  Volumes incorporating a broad range of topics; Suitable for a general overview of law-related perspectives on GLB issues.
  
  
• (2) II - Legal Status of Lesbians and Gay Men
  
  
  
• A. General
  
  General historical overviews; Broad theoretical and philosophical statements.
  
  
• B. Criminal Law
  
  Juries and court procedures; Panic defenses; Provocation; Sodomy.
  
  
• C. Social Justice & Political Movements
  
  Election issues; Ballot measures and initiatives; Social and political theory
  
  
• D. Constitution
  
  Articles dealing broadly with constitutional issues.
  
  
• 1) General
  
  Articles dealing broadly with constitutional issues.
  
  
• 2) First Amendment
  
  Free speech; Religion Clauses; Defamation; Hurley; Dale; Freedom of association.
  
  
• 3) Privacy / Equal Protection / Due Process
  
  Lawrence; Heightened scrutiny; Race analogies; Outing.
  
  
• 4. Full Faith and Credit / DOMA
  
  Extraterritorial recognition; Conflicts of law; Choice of law; Public policy exception; Federalism.
  
  
• E. Foreign / International Law
  
  
  
• 1. Countries Other Than the USA
  
  Individual descriptions of GLB-related laws of foreign jurisdictions.
  
  
• 2. International Law / Human Rights
  
  European Union; United Nations.
  
  
• 3. Comparative Studies
  
  GLB-related laws of two or more foreign jurisdictions, compared or contrasted.
  
  
• 4. Immigration / Refugees
  
  Asylum; Deportation; Binationals.
  
  
• (3) III - Discrimination
  
  
  
• A. Private Employment
  
  
  
• 1. General
  
  Wages and earnings; ENDA; Legal profession.
  
  
• 2. Harassment / Title VII
  
  Oncale; Hopkins; Sexual orientation discrimination as sex discrimination; Bisexual loophole.
  
  
• 3. Benefits
  
  Family Medical Leave Act; ERISA.
  
  
• 4. Schools / Teachers
  
  Note: For entries dealing with students, see Section V.
  
  
• B. Public Employment
  
  
  
• 1. Military
  
  Campus recruitment; Solomon amendment; "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"; Steffan; Security clearances.
  
  
• 2. Non-Military
  
  Public education, Universities, Federal and state government employees.
  
  
• C. Hate Crimes
  
  Legislation & prosecution, policy issues.
  
  
• D. Housing/Sports
  
  Rental & purchase, evictions, and issues related to participation in sports.
  
  
• E. Other
  
  Articles on the legal status of GLB persons not otherwise assigned.
  
  
• (4) IV - Family Issues
  
  
  
• A. General
  
  Historical overviews; Broad theoretical or philosophical statements; 9/11 surviving partners.
  
  
• B. Couples
  
  
  
• 1. General
  
  Historical overviews; Broad theoretical or philosophical statements; Taxes.
  
  
• 2. Marriage
  
  Historical overviews; Broad theoretical or philosophical statements; Federal Marriage Amendments; Slippery slopes. For interstate recognition issues, see also II.D.4 Full Faith and Credit / DOMA.
  
  
• a. General
  
  
  
• b. Pro
  
  
  
• c. Con
  
  
  
• 3. Civil Unions / Domestic Partnerships
  
  Recognized forms of relationships other than same-sex marriage.
  
  
• 4. Dissolution of Relationships
  
  Divorce; Spousal and Child Support; Recognition of marriage or union for purposes of divorce.
  
  
• C. Parenting
  
  
  
• 1. General
  
  Historical overviews; Broad theoretical or philosophical statements.
  
  
• 2. Child Custody
  
  Troxel; Visitation; "Best interests of the child" standard.
  
  
• 3. Adoption / Fostering
  
  State legislative bans; approaches by state courts when deciding custody and adoption; Second-parent adoption.
  
  
• 4. Pregnancy / Insemination
  
  Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART); Surrogacy.
  
  
• D. Wills, Trusts, and Estates
  
  Elders; Inheritance rights; Disposition of Remains; Estate Planning.
  
  
• E. Domestic Violence
  
  Partner abuse.
  
  
• (5) V - GLBT Youth/Students
  
  Equal Access Act; Rights of minors; Proms; Gay-Straight Alliances; Queer Youth
  
  
• (6) VI - Health Issues
  
  
  
• A. AIDS/HIV
  
  
  
• B. Other
  
  Public health; Organ donation; Conversion therapy; Health Insurance
  
  
• (7) VII - Prison(er)s, Corrections, and Criminal Justice
  
  
  
• (8) VIII - Gender
  
  Includes works on feminist theory and masculinities, as well as gender identity
  
  
• A. General
  
  Disaggregating Gender/Sex/Sexual Orientation; treatment of transgender and transsexual persons.
  
  
• B. Legal Status (Domestic and Foreign)
  
  
  
• C. Discrimination
  
  
  
• D. Family Issues
  
  
  
• 1. Children and Youth
  
  
  
• E. Health
  
  
  
• F. Prisoners
  
  
  
• (9) IX - Multidimensional Treatments of Gender and Sexuality
  
  
  
• A. Class
  
  
  
• B. Nationality and Culture
  
  
  
• C. Race
  
  
  
• D. Religion