1st Edition

Bisexuality and Same-Sex Marriage

Edited By M. Paz Galupo Copyright 2009
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

In our society, the argument for or against same-sex marriage becomes even more heated when the debate turns to bisexual women and men. Bisexuality and Same-Sex Marriage thoughtfully explores this debate from a wide range of interdisciplinary perspectives, presenting respected scholars from fields as diverse as American Studies, Communication, Criminology, Human and Organizational Systems, Law... Read more

1 From the Editor  Jonathan Alexander

2 Introduction  M. Paz Galupo

THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES: FRAMING BISEXUALITY IN THE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE DEBATE

3 Supremacy by Law: The One Man One Woman Marriage Requirement and Antimiscegenation Law  Jacqueline Batterlora

4 The Dyadic Imaginary: Troubling the Perception of Love as Dyadic  Danielle Hildago, Kristen Barber and Erica Hunter

5 On the Potential and Peril of Same-Sex Marriage: A Perspective from Queer Theory  Ajnesh Prasad

RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES: ATTITUDES TOWARD BISEXUALITY AND SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

6 Bias Toward Bisexual Women and Men in a Marriage-Matching Task  Angela L. Breno and M. Paz Galupo

7 “This is Not a Lesbian Wedding”: Examining Same-Sex Marriage Between Bisexual-Lesbian Couples  Pamela Lannutti

8 Make Love, Not Law: Perceptions of the Marriage Equality Struggle Among Polyamorous Activists  Hadar Aviram

9 Bisexual Attitudes Toward Same-Sex Marriage  M. Paz Galupo and Marcia L. Pearl

BISEXUAL PERSPECTIVES ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

10 Bisexuals Are Bad for the Same-Sex Marriage Business  Mia Ocean

11 A Bisex-Queer Critique of Same-Sex Marriage Advocacy  Hameed Williams

12 Dancing with My Grandma: Talking with Robyn Ochs About Complex Identities and Simple Messages in the Marriage Equality Movement  Laurie Kendall

Biography

M. Paz Galupo is Professor of Psychology and Director of LGBT Studies at Towson University, in Baltimore, Maryland.