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Queering Law and Order

LGBTQ Communities and the Criminal Justice System

Kevin Leo Yabut Nadal

Throughout US history, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people have been pathologized, victimized, and criminalized. Reports of lynching, burning, or murdering of LGBTQ people have been documented for centuries. Prior to the 1970s, LGBTQ people were deemed as having psychological disorders and subsequently subject to electroshock therapy and other ineffective and cruel treatments. LGBTQ people have historically been arrested or imprisoned for crimes like sodomy, cross-dressing, and gathering in public spaces. And while there have been many strides to advocate for LGBTQ rights in contemporary times, there are still many ways that the criminal justice system works against LGBTQ and their lives, liberties, and freedoms.

Queering Law and Order: LGBTQ Communities and the Criminal Justice System examines the state of LGBTQ people within the criminal justice system. Intertwining legal cases, academic research, and popular media, Nadal reviews a wide range of issues—ranging from historical heterosexist and transphobic legislation to police brutality to the prison industrial complex to family law. Grounded in Queer Theory and intersectional lenses, each chapter provides recommendations for queering and disrupting the justice system. This book serves as both an academic resource and a call to action for readers who are interested in advocating for LGBTQ rights.
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Lexington Books
Pages: 266 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9½
978-1-7936-0106-3 • Hardback • July 2020 • $123.00 • (£95.00)
978-1-7936-0108-7 • Paperback • December 2021 • $44.99 • (£35.00)
978-1-7936-0107-0 • eBook • July 2020 • $42.50 • (£35.00)
Subjects: Psychology / Human Sexuality, Social Science / LGBT Studies / General, Social Science / Criminology, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General, Psychology / Forensic Psychology
Kevin Leo Yabut Nadal is professor of psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and The Graduate Center at the City University of New York (CUNY).
Acknowledgments

PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1: History of LGBTQ People and the LawChapter 2: Finding our Pulse: Hate Crimes, Historical Trauma, and InjusticeChapter 3: Not Protected, Not Served: LGBTQ People and Law Enforcement

Chapter 4: Gender and Sexuality on Trial: LGBTQ People and the Courts

Chapter 5: Locked up in a Binary: LGBTQ People and Incarceration

Chapter 6: The Workplace Closet: LGBTQ People and Workplace Discrimination

Chapter 7: Queer, but Not TransParent: LGBTQ People, Family Law, and Child Welfare

Chapter 8: Over the Rainbow and Across the Border: LGBTQ People and Immigration

Chapter 9: The Queer Criminal Mind: LGBTQ People and Forensic Psychology

Conclusion

References

Index

About the Author

In this vivid, powerful, and provoking text Nadal masterfully exposes how criminal justice policies, stereotypes, and fear have historically obscured rather than clarified the everyday realities of LGBTQ people—the perennial “other”—in the US. He charges that anti-gay policies, supported by certain social movements and the mentality of some, continue to strategically brutalize, marginalize, oppress, and silence non-straight people. Marshalling sound evidence and in vivid detail, Nadal argues that it is time we as a society acknowledge the brutality, intimidation, and oppression waged against LGBTQ people. Instead of pushing sexuality to the social margins, it should be situated at the center of our moral universe, prompting us to expose, accept, appreciate, and mobilize “othered” persons and correlating modes of thought, as we seek to humanize the existing (twisted) social contours of gender and sexual justice. Ultimately, this author challenges readers to understand, view, and treat sexuality for what it is—part of a person’s unique self. Broadly, this book calls for a transformation in moral, philosophical, legal, cultural, social, and public thinking about sexuality and criminal justice. The text addresses areas of philosophy, legal thought, sexuality, and gender studies, offering a must read for people vested in better understanding of, e.g., sexual violence, LGBTQ people, and sexual justice. Highly recommended.


— Choice Reviews


In this vivid, powerful, and provoking text Nadal masterfully exposes how criminal justice policies, stereotypes, and fear have historically obscured rather than clarified the everyday realities of LGBTQ people—the perennial "other"—in the US. He charges that anti-gay policies, supported by certain social movements and the mentality of some, continue to strategically brutalize, marginalize, oppress, and silence non-straight people. Marshalling sound evidence and in vivid detail, Nadal argues that it is time we as a society acknowledge the brutality, intimidation, and oppression waged against LGBTQ people. Instead of pushing sexuality to the social margins, it should be situated at the center of our moral universe, prompting us to expose, accept, appreciate, and mobilize "othered" persons and correlating modes of thought, as we seek to humanize the existing (twisted) social contours of gender and sexual justice. Ultimately, this author challenges readers to understand, view, and treat sexuality for what it is—part of a person's unique self. Broadly, this book calls for a transformation in moral, philosophical, legal, cultural, social, and public thinking about sexuality and criminal justice. The text addresses areas of philosophy, legal thought, sexuality, and gender studies, offering a must read for people vested in better understanding of, e.g., sexual violence, LGBTQ people, and sexual justice. Highly recommended.


— Roddrick Colvin, San Diego State University


6/25/2020 - SUM by CUNY published an article about the book's subject for Pride month, titled "LGBTQ Communities & the Criminal Justice System." Link: https://sum.cuny.edu/lgbtq-communities-criminal-justice-system-stonewall-john-jay/



6/23/2020 - The Graduate Center at CUNY interviewed author Kevin Nadal about the book, in an article titled "Why 'Queering Law and Order' is Urgent." Link: https://www.gc.cuny.edu/News/All-News/Detail?id=55224



Kevin Leo Yabut Nadal, Author of Queering Law and Order, was interviewed on the NYT’s podcast The Argument: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/31/opinion/hate-crime-laws.html



• Winner, Outstanding Academic Title (Choice, 2021)

Queering Law and Order

LGBTQ Communities and the Criminal Justice System

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Summary
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  • Throughout US history, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people have been pathologized, victimized, and criminalized. Reports of lynching, burning, or murdering of LGBTQ people have been documented for centuries. Prior to the 1970s, LGBTQ people were deemed as having psychological disorders and subsequently subject to electroshock therapy and other ineffective and cruel treatments. LGBTQ people have historically been arrested or imprisoned for crimes like sodomy, cross-dressing, and gathering in public spaces. And while there have been many strides to advocate for LGBTQ rights in contemporary times, there are still many ways that the criminal justice system works against LGBTQ and their lives, liberties, and freedoms.

    Queering Law and Order: LGBTQ Communities and the Criminal Justice System examines the state of LGBTQ people within the criminal justice system. Intertwining legal cases, academic research, and popular media, Nadal reviews a wide range of issues—ranging from historical heterosexist and transphobic legislation to police brutality to the prison industrial complex to family law. Grounded in Queer Theory and intersectional lenses, each chapter provides recommendations for queering and disrupting the justice system. This book serves as both an academic resource and a call to action for readers who are interested in advocating for LGBTQ rights.
Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 266 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9½
    978-1-7936-0106-3 • Hardback • July 2020 • $123.00 • (£95.00)
    978-1-7936-0108-7 • Paperback • December 2021 • $44.99 • (£35.00)
    978-1-7936-0107-0 • eBook • July 2020 • $42.50 • (£35.00)
    Subjects: Psychology / Human Sexuality, Social Science / LGBT Studies / General, Social Science / Criminology, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General, Psychology / Forensic Psychology
Author
Author
  • Kevin Leo Yabut Nadal is professor of psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and The Graduate Center at the City University of New York (CUNY).
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments

    PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1: History of LGBTQ People and the LawChapter 2: Finding our Pulse: Hate Crimes, Historical Trauma, and InjusticeChapter 3: Not Protected, Not Served: LGBTQ People and Law Enforcement

    Chapter 4: Gender and Sexuality on Trial: LGBTQ People and the Courts

    Chapter 5: Locked up in a Binary: LGBTQ People and Incarceration

    Chapter 6: The Workplace Closet: LGBTQ People and Workplace Discrimination

    Chapter 7: Queer, but Not TransParent: LGBTQ People, Family Law, and Child Welfare

    Chapter 8: Over the Rainbow and Across the Border: LGBTQ People and Immigration

    Chapter 9: The Queer Criminal Mind: LGBTQ People and Forensic Psychology

    Conclusion

    References

    Index

    About the Author
Reviews
Reviews
  • In this vivid, powerful, and provoking text Nadal masterfully exposes how criminal justice policies, stereotypes, and fear have historically obscured rather than clarified the everyday realities of LGBTQ people—the perennial “other”—in the US. He charges that anti-gay policies, supported by certain social movements and the mentality of some, continue to strategically brutalize, marginalize, oppress, and silence non-straight people. Marshalling sound evidence and in vivid detail, Nadal argues that it is time we as a society acknowledge the brutality, intimidation, and oppression waged against LGBTQ people. Instead of pushing sexuality to the social margins, it should be situated at the center of our moral universe, prompting us to expose, accept, appreciate, and mobilize “othered” persons and correlating modes of thought, as we seek to humanize the existing (twisted) social contours of gender and sexual justice. Ultimately, this author challenges readers to understand, view, and treat sexuality for what it is—part of a person’s unique self. Broadly, this book calls for a transformation in moral, philosophical, legal, cultural, social, and public thinking about sexuality and criminal justice. The text addresses areas of philosophy, legal thought, sexuality, and gender studies, offering a must read for people vested in better understanding of, e.g., sexual violence, LGBTQ people, and sexual justice. Highly recommended.


    — Choice Reviews


    In this vivid, powerful, and provoking text Nadal masterfully exposes how criminal justice policies, stereotypes, and fear have historically obscured rather than clarified the everyday realities of LGBTQ people—the perennial "other"—in the US. He charges that anti-gay policies, supported by certain social movements and the mentality of some, continue to strategically brutalize, marginalize, oppress, and silence non-straight people. Marshalling sound evidence and in vivid detail, Nadal argues that it is time we as a society acknowledge the brutality, intimidation, and oppression waged against LGBTQ people. Instead of pushing sexuality to the social margins, it should be situated at the center of our moral universe, prompting us to expose, accept, appreciate, and mobilize "othered" persons and correlating modes of thought, as we seek to humanize the existing (twisted) social contours of gender and sexual justice. Ultimately, this author challenges readers to understand, view, and treat sexuality for what it is—part of a person's unique self. Broadly, this book calls for a transformation in moral, philosophical, legal, cultural, social, and public thinking about sexuality and criminal justice. The text addresses areas of philosophy, legal thought, sexuality, and gender studies, offering a must read for people vested in better understanding of, e.g., sexual violence, LGBTQ people, and sexual justice. Highly recommended.


    — Roddrick Colvin, San Diego State University


Features
Features
  • 6/25/2020 - SUM by CUNY published an article about the book's subject for Pride month, titled "LGBTQ Communities & the Criminal Justice System." Link: https://sum.cuny.edu/lgbtq-communities-criminal-justice-system-stonewall-john-jay/



    6/23/2020 - The Graduate Center at CUNY interviewed author Kevin Nadal about the book, in an article titled "Why 'Queering Law and Order' is Urgent." Link: https://www.gc.cuny.edu/News/All-News/Detail?id=55224



    Kevin Leo Yabut Nadal, Author of Queering Law and Order, was interviewed on the NYT’s podcast The Argument: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/31/opinion/hate-crime-laws.html



Awards
Awards
  • • Winner, Outstanding Academic Title (Choice, 2021)

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