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Suppressing Memory, Lynne Henderson Jan 1997

Suppressing Memory, Lynne Henderson

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Whose Justice? Which Victims?, Lynne Henderson Jan 1996

Whose Justice? Which Victims?, Lynne Henderson

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First And Last Chance: Looking For Lesbians In California's Fifties Bar Cases, Joan W. Howarth Jan 1995

First And Last Chance: Looking For Lesbians In California's Fifties Bar Cases, Joan W. Howarth

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Do all of us who choose members of our own sex as objects of desire and as sexual partners share some meaningful common identity, such as “homosexual,” “gay” or perhaps “queer”? The classifications “homosexual” and “gay” claim for themselves just that kind of inclusiveness; that is, that the gay world includes people of all races, all classes and any possible gender identity. You, me, James Baldwin, Gertrude Stein, J. Edgar Hoover: we are all gay together. In this way “homosexual” or “gay” is a generic term, like, for example, “human being.” But we know that the alleged inclusiveness masks just …


Getting To Know: Honoring Women In Law And In Fact, Lynne Henderson Jan 1993

Getting To Know: Honoring Women In Law And In Fact, Lynne Henderson

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Law's Patriarchy, Lynne Henderson Jan 1991

Law's Patriarchy, Lynne Henderson

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Whose Nature? Practical Reason And Patriarchy, Lynne Henderson Jan 1990

Whose Nature? Practical Reason And Patriarchy, Lynne Henderson

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What Makes Rape A Crime?, Lynne Henderson Jan 1987

What Makes Rape A Crime?, Lynne Henderson

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The Rights Of Gay Prisoners: A Challenge To Protective Custody, Joan W. Howarth Jan 1980

The Rights Of Gay Prisoners: A Challenge To Protective Custody, Joan W. Howarth

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This Note focuses on the specific issues raised by the traditional method of dealing with homosexuals in prison: isolation from the general prison population. This traditional segregation often results in almost twenty-four hour-a-day confinement to a cell, which severely limits access to programs and opportunities normally enjoyed by prisoners.

This Note first discusses the history and current practice of segregation of gay prisoners' as well as the broader subject of protective custody, and then outlines the judicial response to the problems of protective custody prisoners generally and gay prisoners specifically. It then critiques the judicial confusion and resulting reluctance to …