LGBT rights as human rights in the United States: Opportunities lost

Human Rights in the United States: Beyond Exceptionalism

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 274-290

  Mertus, Julie ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84923619666     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511842269.015     Document Type: Chapter

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