The queering of corporate America : how big business went from LGBTQ adversary to ally

Book 2019

"The book explores the role that LGBT rights activism directed at corporations and corporate activism on behalf of sexual orientation and gender identity equality have played in the LGBT movement's pursuit of political, legal, and social objectives from the Stonewall era until today"-- Provided by publisher.

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Diversity in the workplace United States

Gay liberation movement United States

Gay rights United States History

Minorities Employment United States

Sex discrimination in employment United States

Sexual minorities Civil rights United States

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Queer action/queer ideas

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ISBN:

9780807026342

Description:

xi, 242 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-231) and index

Contents:

Introduction
A (very) brief history of corporations in America
LGBTQ corporate activism in the 1970s
AIDS corporate activism in the 1980s
Corporate domestic partnership benefits in the 1990s
Corporate LGBTQ advocacy in the public sphere
Corporate resistance to anti-LGBTQ rights backlash
Looking beyond Citizens United

LCCN:

2019033096

Control Number:

2883191

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