June is LGBT Pride Month - Display, News and Resources

June is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month.  According to the Library of Congress website, the "purpose of the commemorative month is to recognize the impact that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals have had on history locally, nationally, and internationally."

As indicated by the President's proclamation of LGBT Pride Month, an important and historic impact of the LGBT community in recent years has centered on the issue of same-sex marriage.  At the local level, a lawsuit was recently filed by six same-sex couples in federal court to block South Dakota's same-sex marriage ban.  A news story regarding the lawsuit is available here from KSFY News.  A map posted here on the Washington Post's "The Fix" site shows the status of same-sex marriage laws and litigation at the national level.  A similar map with information on international same-sex marriage laws is available here from the website of Freedom to Marry, Inc.

To commemorate LGBT Pride Month, the Law Library is featuring a display which highlights several titles in the Law Library's collection that discuss same-sex marriage.

Selected titles from the display include:

Same-Sex Marriage: The Cultural Politics of Love and Law / by Kathleen E. Hull

Same-Sex Marriage and the Constitution / Evan Gerstmann

Gay Rights and American Law / Daniel R. Pinello

Legalizing Gay Marriage / by Michael Mello, foreword by David L. Chambers

What’s the Harm? Does Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage Really Harm Individuals, Families, or Society?/ edited by Lynn D. Wardle

A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples / by Denis Clifford, Frederick Hertz, and Emily Doskow

Same-Sex Marriage: The Moral and Legal Debate / edited by Robert M. Baird & Stuart E. Rosenbaum

Same-Sex Marriage, Legal Mobilization, and the Politics of Rights / by Martin Dupuis