{"product_id":"violence-against-queer-people-race-class-gender-and-the-persistence-of-anti-lgbt-discrimination-9780813573151","title":"Violence Against Queer People: Race, Class, Gender, and the Persistence of Anti-LGBT Discrimination","description":"\u003cb\u003eReceived a 2016 Stonewall Book Award - Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award Honor Book from the American Library Association \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Selected as one of \"The Best of the Best from the University Presses: Books You Should Know About\" at the 2016 ALA Annual Conference \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eViolence against Queer People\u003c\/i\u003e, sociologist Doug Meyer offers the first investigation of anti-queer violence that focuses on the role played by race, class, and gender. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Many feel that the struggle for gay rights has largely been accomplished and the tide of history has swung in favor of LGBT equality. \u003ci\u003eViolence against Queer People\u003c\/i\u003e, on the contrary, argues that the lives of many LGBT people--particularly the most vulnerable--have improved very little, if at all, over the past thirty years. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Doug Meyer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/11\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813573151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDOUG MEYER is an Assistant Professor of LGBT Studies in the women, gender, and sexuality program at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45053427613811,"sku":"9780813573151","price":54.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_d4045dc3-0ff4-4cd7-beaf-77f7db122bfa.jpg?v=1779970859","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/violence-against-queer-people-race-class-gender-and-the-persistence-of-anti-lgbt-discrimination-9780813573151","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}