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Annotated Bibliography

Alexandria Hernandez

RWS 1301

27 October 2017
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Annotated Bibliography

Research Question #1: Did the introduction of marriage equality enhance the amount of

diversity in the workplace?

Research Question #2: In what ways does current day UTEP demonstrate marriage

equality practices?

Joshi, Y. (2014). The trouble with inclusion. Virginia Journal of Social Policy & the Law, 21(2),

207-265.

As noted by Joshi, although inclusiveness is the goal, it may always not be the answer.

Despite finally having the attention and platform wanted, the LGBT community may also

now may be immensely scrutinized and examined in a way that they had not wished. He

frames this work through movements made by the LGBT community and the court cases

prior to and following the inclusiveness of the community inside the court room. Finding

that the difficult part of the movement came after the legalization of queer rights.

Kearl, M. K. (2015). Is gay the new black?: An intersectional perspective on social movement

rhetoric in California's proposition 8 debate. Communication & Critical/Cultural Studies,

12(1), 63-82. doi:10.1080/14791420.2014.995684

In accordance to Kearl, there is a similarity within the LGBT rights movement and the

Civil Rights Movement for people of color. Although trying to compare ones self to

others may show how similar they are, Kearl also states it highlights how different they

may be, which is not effective. He has come to this conclusion in analyzing the discourse

used within the Civil Rights Movement, which in context the LGBT community has a

similar goal, and how flawed it had been. He then concludes, using analogys as an

argument or tactic exacerbates divisions.

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Morden, T. (2016). In Morden T. (Ed.), Equality, diversity and opportunity management, costs,

strategies and leadership. London; New York: Routledge. doi:978-1-4094-3278-4

According to Morden, an effective tactic in reaching equality in the workplace is making

the scenarios all inclusive. He notes that the concept of equality in the workplace is

always over looked by someone, especially those who have never experienced it. Morden

seeks a way for employers to make employees aware and cautious of inequality

occurrences within the work space. He then finds, while introducing equality to

employees, employers must use more of a scare tactic. Speaking of scenarios, having

variation and being all inclusive, to avoid the it could never happen to me, mindset.

March, A. F. (2011). Is There a Right to Polygamy? Marriage, Equality and Subsidizing Families

in Liberal Public Justification. Journal of Moral Philosophy, 8(2), 246-272.

Andrew March argues that polygamy should not only be accepted, but allotted the same

rights as monogamous marriages. He addresses the issue of the liberals approach not

being effective or logical. The issue being that liberals put forth a grand effort for

monogamous marriages yet if they included polygamy it would lead to greater

achievement and ease. March defends his argument with stating the four constituents of

why people disagree with polygamy, then explaining the counterarguments while

respectively separating each view throughout the article.

NeJaime, D. (2012). Marriage inequality: Same-sex relationships, religious exemptions, and the

production of sexual orientation discrimination. California Law Review, 100(5), 1169-

1238.

According to the author, a major form of discrimination for the LGBT community occurs

within law. Although the lack of assurance and security of rights for same-sex marriages
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is issue enough. The proposal regarding this, uses a lack of words which avoids sounding

as if it were discrimination, then seeming as is if the law is condoning same-sex

discrimination. NeJaime, then speaks upon how the lack of words of this proposal could

then allow businesses to adopt it to discriminate towards employees and customers.

Teal, J., & Meredith Conover-Williams. (2016). Homophobia without homophobes:

Deconstructing the public discourses of 21st century queer sexualities in the united states.

Humboldt Journal of Social Relations, 38, 12-27.

According to the author, discourse regarding homosexuality in the United States is

changing. The newest generation is now becoming more sensitive towards how they

speak of homosexuality and towards anyone who is not heterosexual. However, it has

made it more of a pressure for people to come out sooner, and come out properly. Now

during and following the coming out process, homosexuals find themselves in situations

of being questioned due to this generation trying to grasp the idea they are not familiar

with.

Ball, C. A., & Mucciaroni, G. (2016). Will victory bring change? A mature social movement

faces the future. In A. Ball Carlos (Ed.), After marriage equality: The future of LGBT

rights (pp. 25-50) New York University Press.

Mucciaroni notes that the issues and barriers held within monogamous relationships hold

grand barriers for any LGBT inclusion. He finds that the LGBT movement will not move

forward unless the monogamous audience come to a settlement of agreements for

themselves. In this he finds himself asking the question throughout this chapter, if the

LGBT community finally gains marital rights, will they be comfortable? Or still rely on

the assurance of monogamous rights?