Research Guides @ Fordham: Human Rights: LGBT

Books & E-books - LGBT

Check the Fordham Library Catalog to find additional items.

Gay Families and the Courts: The Quest for Equal Rights by Susan Gluck Mezey
Call Number: KF4754.5.M49 2009 (RH)
Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2009.
Political Institutions and Lesbian and Gay Rights in the United States and Canada by Miriam Smith
Call Number: HQ76.8.U5 S65 2008 (RH LC)
New York, NY: Routledge, 2008.
The Rights of Lesbians and Gay Men: The Basic ACLU Guide to a Gay Person's Rights by Nan D. Hunter
Call Number: E-book
Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1992.
3rd ed.
Why Europe Is Lesbian and Gay Friendly (and Why America Never Will Be) by Angelia R. Wilson
Call Number: HQ76.3.E8 W552013 (RH)
Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2013.

E-book Collections

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Web Content

Human Rights and Human Rights Violations
Times Topics section from The New York Times, March 19. 2014
International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights
From Human Rights Watch
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights: A Human Rights Perspective
From the Human Rights Resource Center at the University of Minnesota
LGBT Information By Country
From the International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission
LGBT Rights: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Project
From the American Civil Liberties Union
Speak Up, Stop Discrimination: Combating Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
From United Nations Human Rights: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
State Department 2013 Report on Gay Rights Around the World
From the Washington Post; 133 pp. Lists all countries. Taken from an article by Anne Gearan, published February 27, 2014.
UN Matters: Are LGBT Rights Human Rights? Recent Developments at the United Nations
Psychology International/June 2012. From the American Psychological Association.
What You Need to Know About LGBT Rights in 11 Maps
From the World Economic Forum

Human Rights: LGBT

Books & E-books - LGBT

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