While other countries have recently legalized civil marriage for same-sex couples debates over such marriages continue in the U.S.
This timely book reviews the history of the evolution of same-sex marriage in the United States. With topics ranging from State Law regarding same-sex couples to legal adoption of children by lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals and couples this book provides a clear and even-handed treatment of the on-going struggle for equal rights to civil marriage by all people, regardless of the gender of partners.Same-Sex Marriage:
The Legal and Psychological Evolution in America
by Donald J. Cantor,
Elizabeth Cantor,
James C. Black, and
Campbell D. Barrett.
2006
http://books.google.com/books?id=lydHmmrHB8QC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Same-Sex+Marriage:+The+Legal+and+Psychological+Evolution+in+America&source=bl&ots=-XQ6JzndjL&sig=SvRD_FoJWfkNM9go1xWbgVHeKdk&hl=en&ei=cYfBTOTwAZWnnQeYpbWMCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false
Distinguished Book Award
The Division offers this award for a book that has made a significant contribution to the field of LGBT psychology. The award is generally given to a book published within the two years prior to its nomination. The Division encourages self-nominations by authors, as well as nominations from publishers and readers. These works represent highly valuable contributions to scholarship that synthesize research and practice and advance the development of science, practice, and policy on LGBT issues in psychology.
Society for the Psychological Study of
Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Issues
A Division of the American Psychological Association
Division 44
The American Psychological Association's Division 44 is psychology's focal point for research, practice, and education on the lives and realities of LGBT people. The president's theme for the Division this year is
"Psychological Science Serves: Making LGBT Research Relevant".
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