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Media Law & Regulation Reading List
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Note: Some sources are solely or primarily about the legal rights of LGBT persons and organizations generally and are not strictly limited to First Amendment issues.

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“MERGING LAW AND ETHICS: DISCOURSE LEGAL THEORY AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN HURLEY,” by Allen, David S. (1999). Communication Law & Policy 4(4), p403 (Autumn).
“DIFFERENCES IN COMMUNITY STANDARDS FOR THE VIEWING OF HETEROSEXUAL AND HOMOSEXUAL PORNOGRAPHY,” by Bedard, Laura E. & Gertz, Marc G. (2000). International Journal of Public Opinion Research 12(3,) p324 (Autumn).
“Speaking Out of Thin Air: A Comment on Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Group of Boston,” by Bezanson, Randall P. & Choe, Michele (2002). Hastings Communications & Entertainment Law Journal (Comm/Ent) 25(1), p149 (Fall).
Chronicle of the Gay-Rights Struggle in Gainesville (1993), by Rob Boyte. Gainesville, FL: Rob Boyte.
Gay Rights (2006), by Kate Burns. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press.
Private Lives, Public Conflicts: Battles Over Gay Rights in American Communities, by James W. Button (1997).  Washington, D.C.: CQ Press.
Civil Liberties and Homosexuality: An Issue in Christian Responsibility (1967).  New York: Council for Christian Social Action.
Out for Good: The Struggle to Build a Gay Rights Movement in America, by Dudley Clendinen and Adam Nagourney (1999).  New York: Simon & Schuster.
Sexual Orientation and Legal Rights, by Alba Conte (1998).  New York: J. Wiley.
Sexual Orientation and Legal Rights, Volumes 1 and 2: 1998 Supplement (1998), by Alba Conte.  New York: Panel Publishers, 1998.
The Historic March on Washington: The Largest Gay Rights Demonstration Ever (1987), by Carl David and Melinda Tremaglio.  S.I.: Lifestyle Update Publications.
Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities: The Making of a Homosexual Minority in the United States, 1940-1970, by John D'Emilio (1983) Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights: A Human Rights Perspective (2000), by David M. Donahue. Minneapolis: Human Rights Resource Center, University of Minnesota.

Direct Democracy and Gay Rights Initiatives After Romer (2000), by Todd Donovan.  Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

“Invisibility, Homophobia and Heterosexism: Lesbians, Gays and the Media,” by Fejes, Fred & Petrich, Kevin (1993). Critical Studies in Mass Communication 10(4), p395 (December).
Don’t Ask Us to Explain Ourselves, Don’t Tell Us What To Do: The Boy Scouts Exclusion of Gay Members and the Necessity of Independent Judicial Review (2001), by Taylor Flynn.  Stanford, CA: Stanford Law School.
“Gay Civil Rights and the Roots of Oppression,” Gearhart, Sally Miller (1976). Journal of the Association for Communication Administration April, p14.
Law, Liberty and Morality, by Hart, H.L.A. (1963).  Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1963.

“‘A stranger to its laws’: Freedom, civil rights, and the legal ambiguity of Romer v. Evans (1996)” Hasian Jr., Marouf A. & Parry-Giles, Trevor (1997). Argumentation & Advocacy 34(1), p27 (Summer).

Radically Gay: Gay Liberation in the Words of Its Founder, by Harry Hay (1996).  Boston: Beacon Press.
“Lesbian Pornography: Cultural Transgression and Sexual Demystification,” Henderson, Lisa (1991). Women & Language 14(1), p3 (Spring).
Homosexuality and the Fight to Legal Rights in Utah (2005), by Kelley Page Heuston.  City of Publication and Publisher unavailable.
The Future of Gay Rights in America (2005), by H.N. Hirsch.  New York: Routledge.
The Rights of Lesbians, Gay Men, Bisexuals and Transgender People (2004), by Nan D. Hunter, Courtney G. Joslin, Sharon M. McGowan and others.  Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press.
The Courage of Their Convictions: Sixteen Americans Who Fought Their Way to the Supreme Court, by Peter Irons (1988).  New York: Penguin.
Gay Rights Update: Is the Movement Gaining Ground? (2000) by Kenneth Jost. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, Inc.
Sexual Justice: Democratic Citizenship and the Politics of Desire, by Morris B. Kaplan (1997).  New York: Routledge.
Gay American History: Lesbians and Gay Men in the U.S.A, by Jonathan Ned Katz (1976).  New York: Thomas Crowell Company.
Strangers to the Law: Gay People on Trial, by Lisa Keen and Suzanne Goldberg (1998).  Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
“Merely the Messenger,” by Kirtley, Jane (2005). American Journalism Review 27(2), p74 (April/May).
“The Variable Nature of Defamation: Social Mores and Accusations of Homosexuality,” Koehler, Elizabeth M. (1999). Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 76(2), p217 (Summer).
“Commie gays,” Laitin, Joseph (1993). American Journalism Review 15(8), p14 (October).
Sexuality and the Law: An Encyclopedia of Major Legal Cases, by Arthur S. Leonard (1993).  New York: Garland Publishing.
Making History: The Struggle for Gay and Lesbian Equal Rights, 1945-1990, by Eric Marcus (1992).  New York: Harper Collins.
“The First Amendment vs. Human Rights: A Case Study in Community Sentiment and Argument from Definition,” by Medhurst, Martin J. (1982). Western Journal of Speech Communication 46, p1 (Winter).
Freedom to Differ: The Shaping of the Gay and Lesbian Struggle for Civil Rights, by Diane Helene Miller (1998).  New York: New York University Press.
“Outing: Justifiable or Unwarranted Invasion of Privacy? The Private Facts Tort as a Remedy for Disclosures of Sexual Orientation,” by Moretti, Barbara (1993). Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal 11(3), p857.
Courting Justice: Gay Men and Lesbians v. the Supreme Court, by Joyce Murdoch and Deb Price (2001).  New York: Basic Books.
“Lesbian Pornography: Escaping the Bonds of Sexual Stereotypes and Strengthening Our Ties to One Another," by Packard , Tamara and Schraibman ,Melissa (1984). UCLA Women's Law Journal 4(4): 299-328.
“Prior restraint” (1994). Quill 82(9) p6 (Nov/Dec), p6.
The Case for Gay Rights: From Bowers to Lawrence and Beyond (2005), by David A.J. Richards.  Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas.
Lesbians, Gay Men and the Law, by William B. Rubenstein, ed. (1993).  New York: The New Press.
“Bag a Fag”: Police Misconduct, Entrapment and Crimes Against Gay Men in Michigan (2000), by Rudy Serra.  Detroit, MI: Triangle Foundation.
“Love Speech: The Social Utility of Pornography," by Jeffrey G. Sherman (1995). Stanford Law Review 47: 661-703.
“Are the Free Speech Rights of Heterosexuals at Risk?” by Siegel, Paul (1991). Journal of Communication Inquiry 15(1), p135 (Winter).
“Herman Lynn Womack: Pornographer as First Amendment Pioneer,” by Streitmatter, Rodger & Watson, John C. (2002). Journalism History 28(2), p56 (Summer).
“Controlling Expression: The Stagnant Policy of the Centers for Disease Control in the Second Decade of AIDS,” Tourk, Jessica M. (1995). Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal 13(2), p595.
“Utah Senate settles suit over discussions of gay student groups” (1997). News Media & the Law 21(2), p45 (Spring).
Gay Rights on Trial: A Sourcebook With Cases, Laws and Documents (2002), by Lee Walzer.  Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing.
Policing desire: Pornography, AIDS, and the media, by Simon Watney (1983). Minneapolis MN: University of Minnesota Press.

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