Despite formal equality gains such as LGBTQ workplace protections (Bostock v. Clayton County 2020), heteronormative cultural orders still permeate queer rights discourse. Laura Borchert engages with the cultural-legal construction of sexual minorities in the US and deconstructs naturalized assumptions about ›the Queer‹ in US law and culture by conducting interdisciplinary wide readings of legal texts. She makes a strong case for utilizing suspect classification to secure queer rights and offers the first distinctively cultural studies perspective on equal protection and sexual orientation by using a queer hermeneutics of law.
| ISBN: | 9783837672725 |
| Publication date: | 19th March 2025 |
| Author: | Laura Borchert |
| Publisher: | Transcript an imprint of transcript |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 300 pages |
| Series: | American Culture Studies |
| Genres: |
LGBTQ+ Studies / topics Literary studies: general Law |