Table Of Contents: Preface vii Acknowledgments xiii The Comparative Politics of Lesbian and Gay Rights 1(30) Starting Points, 1969-1980 31(27) Bowers and the Charter, 1980-1986 58(19) Discrimination, From Romer to Vriend, 1986-2000 77(32) The Emergence of Same-Sex Marriage, 1991-1999 109(25) Policy Divergence and Policy Diffusion: Same-Sex Marriage in the 2000s 134(34) Conclusions: Historical Institutionalism and Lesbian and Gay Rights 168(29) Notes 197(6) References 203(22) · · · · · · (收起)