{"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\u003cbr\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","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328753438994,"sku":"9780813573151","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c497e787-179c-49e0-ac53-7d37def05137.jpg?v=1727750385","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/violence-against-queer-people-race-class-gender-and-the-persistence-of-anti-lgbt-discrimination-9780813573151","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}