A Personal Journey into Gay Marriage in a Heteronormative Society: Or…How Many Times Do We Have to Get “Married” in Order to Have Our Rights in the USA?

Abstract

Get full access to this article

View all access options for this article.

References

Associated Press . (2006, Dec. 21). NJ governor signs civil unions into law. http://MSNBC.com Retrieved March 13, 2009, from http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16309688/.

Alexander

M. J.

(1994,Autumn). Not just (any) body can be a citizen: The politics of law, sexuality and postcoloniality in Trinidad, and Tobago and the Bahamas. Feminist Review, 48, 5–23.

Alexander

M. J.

(1996). Feminist geneaologies, colonial legacies, global movements. New York: Routledge.

Demian (2006). Domestic partnership act. Retrieved March 12, 2009, from http:www.buddybuddy.comd‐p‐nj.html.

Department of Health and Senior Services . (2004). Domestic partnership. Retrieved March 12, 2009, from http://www.state.nj.us/health/vital/dp2.shtml.

Heininger

(2008December 10). Corzine: NJ should establish same‐sex marriage sooner rather than later. Star-Ledger. Retrieved March 10, 2009, from http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/12/corzine_nj_should_establish_sa.html.

Kelley

(2007October 28). New Jersey Civil Union law has fallen short in its first year, commission is told. New York Times. Retrieved March 10, 2009, from http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/28/nyregion/28civil.html.

Meem

D. T.

Gibson

M. A.

Alexander

J. F.

(2010). Finding out. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Narayan

(2006). Somewhere over the rainbow: International human rights protections for sexual minorities in the new millennium. Boston University International Law Journal, 24 (20), 313–348. Retrieved March 16, 2009, from http://web.bu.edu/law/central/jd/organizations/journals/international/volume24n2/documents/313-348.pdf.

10.

New Jersey Division of Pensions and Benefits . (2007). Benefits under the Domestic Partnership Act. Retrieved March 12, 2009, from http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/pensions/fact71.htm.

11.

The Civil Union Act of 2006, c. 103 No. 3787 2R. Retrieved November 18, 2009, from http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2006/Bills/PL06/103_.HTM.

12.

Zoller

(2009February 19). Sex and the Georgia student. http://NorthGeorgiaAccess.com. Retrieved March 16, 2009, from http:www.accessnorthga.comdetail.phpn217941&c11.