| Description |
viii, 194 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : social inequality and violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people -- More than homophobia : the race, class, and gender dynamics of anti-LGBT violence -- I'm making Black people look bad : the racial implications of anti-queer violence -- Putting his hands on me, that made me feel very unsafe : gendered perceptions of sexual assault and physical and verbal violence -- Oh, I think it happened because I'm gay : race, gender, and perceptions of violence as homophobic -- Not that big of a deal : social class differences in viewing violence as severe -- The home and the street : violence from strangers and family members -- Conclusion : anti-queer violence and multiple systems of oppression. |
| Summary |
"Violence against lesbians and gay men has increasingly captured media and scholarly attention. But these reports tend to focus on one segment of the LGBT community--white, middle class men--and largely ignore that part of the community that arguably suffers a larger share of the violence--racial minorities, the poor, and women. In Violence against Queer People, sociologist Doug Meyer offers the first investigation of anti-queer violence that focuses on the role played by race, class, and gender. Drawing on interviews with forty-seven victims of violence, Meyer shows that LGBT people encounter significantly different forms of violence--and perceive that violence quite differently--based on their race, class, and gender. His research highlights the extent to which other forms of discrimination--including racism and sexism--shape LGBT people's experience of abuse. He reports, for instance, that lesbian and transgender women often described violent incidents in which a sexual or a misogynistic component was introduced, and that LGBT people of color sometimes weren't sure if anti-queer violence was based solely on their sexuality or whether racism or sexism had also played a role. Meyer observes that given the many differences in how anti-queer violence is experienced, the present media focus on white, middle-class victims greatly oversimplifies and distorts the nature of anti-queer violence. In fact, attempts to reduce anti-queer violence that ignore race, class, and gender run the risk of helping only the most privileged gay subjects."--Publisher's Web site. |
| Awards |
Stonewall Honor Book in Nonfiction, 2016 |
| Subject |
Gays -- Violence against -- United States.
|
|
Gays -- Violence against. |
|
United States. |
|
Hate crimes -- United States.
|
|
Hate crimes. |
|
United States -- Race relations.
|
|
Race relations. |
|
Social classes -- United States.
|
|
Social classes. |
|
Homosexuals. |
|
Hate crimes. |
|
Anti-gay violence. |
| ISBN |
0813573165 (hardcover) (alkaline paper) |
|
0813573157 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
|
9780813573168 (hardcover) (alkaline paper) |
|
9780813573151 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
|
9780813573175 (e-book (epub) |
|
9780813573182 (e-book (web pdf) |
| Standard No. |
40025326853 |
|
