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ISBN: 9780807026342

Book Title: Queering of Corporate America : How Big Business Went from Lgbtq Adversary to Ally

Item Length: 9.2in

Publisher: Beacon Press

Publication Year: 2019

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Item Height: 1in

Author: Carlos A. Ball

Genre: Business & Economics, History, Social Science

Topic: United States / 20th Century, Lgbt Studies / General, Sociology / General, Workplace Culture

Item Width: 6.3in

Item Weight: 18.1 Oz

Number of Pages: 256 Pages

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An accurate picture of the LGBTQ rights movement's achievements is incomplete without this surprising history of how corporate America joined the cause. Legal scholar Carlos Ball tells the overlooked story of how LGBTQ activism aimed at corporations since the Stonewall riots helped turn them from enterprises either indifferent to or openly hostile toward sexual minorities and transgender individuals into reliable and powerful allies of the movement for queer equality. As a result of street protests and boycotts during the 1970s, AIDS activism directed at pharmaceutical companies in the 1980s, and the push for corporate nondiscrimination policies and domestic partnership benefits in the 1990s, LGBTQ activism changed big business's understanding and treatment of the queer community. By the 2000s, corporations were frequently and vigorously promoting LGBTQ equality, both within their walls and in the public sphere. Large companies such as American Airlines, Apple, Google, Marriott, and Walmart have been crucial allies in promoting marriage equality and opposing anti-LGBTQ regulations such as transgender bathroom laws. At a time when the LGBTQ movement is facing considerable political backlash, The Queering of Corporate America complicates the narrative of corporate conservatism and provides insights into the future legal, political, and cultural implications of this unexpected relationship.

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Beacon Press

ISBN-10

0807026344

ISBN-13

9780807026342

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27038447462

Product Key Features

Book Title

Queering of Corporate America : How Big Business Went from Lgbtq Adversary to Ally

Author

Carlos A. Ball

Format

Hardcover

Language

English

Topic

United States / 20th Century, Lgbt Studies / General, Sociology / General, Workplace Culture

Publication Year

2019

Genre

Business & Economics, History, Social Science

Number of Pages

256 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length

9.2in

Item Height

1in

Item Width

6.3in

Item Weight

18.1 Oz

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Hq76.8.U5b35 2019

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"Carlos Ball explores the colorful history, the smart playbook of tactics, and the combination of values and self-interest that have encouraged activists and businesses to join forces again and again to make corporations engines of progress in a more diverse America when it comes to LGBTQ employees and consumers. There is much more to do in making the business sector better, not to mention getting our country on track, and this book is a concise, clear resource on what works in improving the corporate world and how to move forward." --Evan Wolfson, founder of Freedom to Marry and author of Why Marriage Matters "Often seen as a threat to democracy, corporations can also be forceful advocates for social justice. In this insightful, deeply engaging book, Carlos Ball shows how the influence of big business was harnessed to promote LGBTQ equality, becoming a bulwark against homophobic and exclusionary laws. This is a must-read for anyone interested in the future of American politics." --Adam Winkler, author of We the Corporations "Carlos Ball takes up the fascinating question of why, at the turn of the twenty-first century, corporations shifted from being the targets of pro-LGBT activism to being the sources of that activism. The answer is a tale of morals and markets in which the corporation emerges as an 'unlikely hero' of one of the great social movements of modernity. Only someone with Ball's knowledge of that movement could have recognized this complicated protagonist and afforded it such a subtle biography." --Kenji Yoshino, author of Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights, "[Ball] delivers both an insightful history and an excellent road map for any group seeking progressive social change." -- Publishers Weekly "Carlos Ball takes up the fascinating question of why, at the turn of the twenty-first century, corporations shifted from being the targets of pro-LGBT activism to being the sources of that activism. The answer is a tale of morals and markets in which the corporation emerges as an 'unlikely hero' . . . Only someone with Ball's knowledge of that movement could have recognized this complicated protagonist and afforded it such a subtle biography." --Kenji Yoshino, author of Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights "In this insightful, deeply engaging book, Carlos Ball shows how the influence of big business was harnessed to promote LGBTQ equality, becoming a bulwark against homophobic and exclusionary laws. This is a must-read for anyone interested in the future of American politics." --Adam Winkler, author of We the Corporations "Ball masterfully tells the stories that inevitably led to a fundamental shift in corporate America's relationship with its employees, its customers, and with American law and policy." --Mary Bonauto, Civil Rights Project director for GLAD, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders "A must-read for anyone seeking to harness the power of business to drive change in the new economy." --Aaron Hurst, author of The Purpose Economy "Ball makes a powerful case for LGBTQ activism aimed at the private sector while critically assessing the values and risks of corporations engaging in public policy issues in a democracy. This is a beautifully written and compelling book for anyone who is interested in the role companies can play in promoting social change and reforms for the betterment of society." --Alice Korngold, author of A Better World Inc. and CEO of Korngold Consulting "Carlos Ball explores the colorful history, the smart playbook of tactics, and the combination of values and self-interest that have encouraged activists and businesses to join forces again and again to make corporations engines of progress . . . A concise, clear resource on what works in improving the corporate world and how to move forward." --Evan Wolfson, founder of Freedom to Marry and author of Why Marriage Matters, "Carlos Ball explores the colorful history, the smart playbook of tactics, and the combination of values and self-interest that have encouraged activists and businesses to join forces again and again to make corporations engines of progress in a more diverse America when it comes to LGBTQ employees and consumers. There is much more to do in making the business sector better, not to mention getting our country on track, and this book is a concise, clear resource on what works in improving the corporate world and how to move forward." --Evan Wolfson, founder of Freedom to Marry and author of Why Marriage Matters "Often seen as a threat to democracy, corporations can also be forceful advocates for social justice. In this insightful, deeply engaging book, Carlos Ball shows how the influence of big business was harnessed to promote LGBTQ equality, becoming a bulwark against homophobic and exclusionary laws. This is a must-read for anyone interested in the future of American politics." --Adam Winkler, author of We the Corporations "Carlos Ball takes up the fascinating question of why, at the turn of the twenty-first century, corporations shifted from being the targets of pro-LGBT activism to being the sources of that activism. The answer is a tale of morals and markets in which the corporation emerges as an 'unlikely hero' of one of the great social movements of modernity. Only someone with Ball's knowledge of that movement could have recognized this complicated protagonist and afforded it such a subtle biography." --Kenji Yoshino, author of Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights "This powerful chronicle shows how corporations attempted to provide the recognition and security the laws denied their LGBTQ employees and, with ally support, their eventual full-on embrace of the need to change laws to achieve those goals. In The Queering of Corporate America , Carlos Ball masterfully tells the stories that inevitably led to a fundamental shift in corporate America's relationship with its employees, its customers, and with American law and policy." --Mary Bonauto, Civil Rights Project director for GLAD, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders " The Queering of Corporate America is the story of the rise of LGBTQ equality but also the story of the dramatic change in the role of companies in our culture and political system. It is a must-read for anyone seeking to harness the power of business to drive change in the new economy." --Aaron Hurst, author of The Purpose Economy "In The Queering of Corporate America , Carlos Ball makes a powerful case for LGBTQ activism aimed at the private sector while critically assessing the values and risks of corporations engaging in public policy issues in a democracy. This is a beautifully written and compelling book for anyone who is interested in the role companies can play in promoting social change and reforms for the betterment of society." --Alice Korngold, author of A Better World Inc.:How Companies Profit by Solving Global Problems . . . Where Governments Cannot and CEO of Korngold Consulting, "Carlos Ball explores the colorful history, the smart playbook of tactics, and the combination of values and self-interest that have encouraged activists and businesses to join forces again and again to make corporations engines of progress in a more diverse America when it comes to LGBTQ employees and consumers. There is much more to do in making the business sector better, not to mention getting our country on track, and this book is a concise, clear resource on what works in improving the corporate world and how to move forward." --Evan Wolfson, founder of Freedom to Marry and author of Why Marriage Matters, "Carlos Ball explores the colorful history, the smart playbook of tactics, and the combination of values and self-interest that have encouraged activists and businesses to join forces again and again to make corporations engines of progress in a more diverse America when it comes to LGBTQ employees and consumers. There is much more to do in making the business sector better, not to mention getting our country on track, and this book is a concise, clear resource on what works in improving the corporate world and how to move forward." --Evan Wolfson, founder of Freedom to Marry and author of Why Marriage Matters "Often seen as a threat to democracy, corporations can also be forceful advocates for social justice. In this insightful, deeply engaging book, Carlos Ball shows how the influence of big business was harnessed to promote LGBTQ equality, becoming a bulwark against homophobic and exclusionary laws. This is a must-read for anyone interested in the future of American politics." --Adam Winkler, author of We the Corporations "Carlos Ball takes up the fascinating question of why, at the turn of the twenty-first century, corporations shifted from being the targets of pro-LGBT activism to being the sources of that activism. The answer is a tale of morals and markets in which the corporation emerges as an 'unlikely hero' of one of the great social movements of modernity. Only someone with Ball's knowledge of that movement could have recognized this complicated protagonist and afforded it such a subtle biography." --Kenji Yoshino, author of Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights "This powerful chronicle shows how corporations attempted to provide the recognition and security the laws denied their LGBTQ employees and, with ally support, their eventual full-on embrace of the need to change laws to achieve those goals. In The Queering of Corporate America , Carlos Ball masterfully tells the stories that inevitably led to a fundamental shift in corporate America's relationship with its employees, its customers, and with American law and policy." --Mary Bonauto, Civil Rights Project director for GLAD, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders " The Queering of Corporate America is the story of the rise of LGBTQ equality but also the story of the dramatic change in the role of companies in our culture and political system. It is a must-read for anyone seeking to harness the power of business to drive change in the new economy." --Aaron Hurst, author of The Purpose Economy

Table of Content

INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 A (Very) Brief History of Corporations in America CHAPTER 2 LGBTQ Corporate Activism in the 1970s CHAPTER 3 AIDS Corporate Activism in the 1980s CHAPTER 4 Corporate Domestic Partnership Benefits in the 1990s CHAPTER 5 Corporate LGBTQ Advocacy in the Public Sphere CHAPTER 6 Corporate Resistance to Anti-LGBTQ Backlash CONCLUSION Looking Beyond Citizens United Acknowledgments Notes Index

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2019-033096

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Queer Ideas/Queer Action Ser.

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