Data-driven health care and senior care analysis / Wallace Swan -- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender family formation and demographics / Gary J. Gates -- The great divide : two nations and its battlegrounds / Wallace Swan -- Organizations that keep the great divide in place / Christopher A. Thomason -- An introduction to the battleground states / Wallace Swan -- Battleground state : Minnesota / Beth Bibus -- North Carolina : a disempowered state / Wallace Swan with Elizabeth Swanzy-Parker -- Life in the disempowered states / Wallace Swan -- Another divide : bisexuality in U.S. politics / Victor J. Raymond -- An eye to the future : perspectives on the National Transgender Discrimination Survey / Denise Burke -- Transgender Americans and public policy / Andrea Jenkins -- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender inclusion : business imperative / Sam McClure -- Data-driven health care and senior care analysis / Wallace Swan -- Federalism, incrementalism, and the public administration infrastructure / Jane Laine -- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender aging in these divided states / K. Abel Knochel and Jean K. Quam -- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth (and adult) homelessness / Stephanie Kimble -- A primer on LGBT immigration issues / Wallace Swan -- The need for a national solution for our bipolar educational system for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students / Tracy Phariss -- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual support systems within higher education / Michael Grewe -- Understanding economic power dynamics as a method to combat lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender homicides / Dallas S. Drake -- Incarcerated lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people / Wallace Swan -- LGBT elected officials and their roles in changing America / Jane Laine -- Federalism, incrementalism, and the public administration infrastructure / Wallace Swan. Conclusion : New directions following the same-sex marriage decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court / Wallace Swan.
Summary:
"The legacy of a long-standing cultural war against LGBT people, as well as rampant discrimination, is reflected in many areas. As LGBT policies evolve and take shape, and new voices of the movement emerge, these issues can be shown to pervade a number of policy areas including mental and physical healthcare, race, poverty and homelessness, religion, immigration, senior issues, the role of family in the LGBT community, bisexuality and transgender issues, the connection between economics and homicides/hate crimes, education, business, and work force diversity. A collection of fascinating contemporary perspectives, this book explores the breadth and depth of the many 'divides' -- socioeconomic, race, age, healthcare, immigration, education, and income -- including those that intersect within the LGBT community. For any reader who really wants to know about the current future development of the LGBT community, this is an invaluable book"-- Provided by back cover.
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