165 - Thematic Session. One Year after Obergefell v. Hodges: The Case of Marriage Equality

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Description

Over a year has passed since the 2015 landmark case of Obergefell v. Hodges in which the Supreme Court ruled that the ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. To what extent were social movements, public opinion, and the academy responsible for these remarkable changes in legal rights for same-sex couples? To what extent do these legal changes reshape the agenda of LGBT social movements and scholarship on LGBT issues, family, the law, and social change? A panel of leading sociologists of sexualities, family, the law, and social movements weighs in on these questions.

Sub Unit

• Thematic Sessions

Session Organizer

• Brian Powell, Indiana University

Presider

• Elbert P. Almazan, Central Michigan University

Panelists

• Kathleen E. Hull, University of Minnesota

• Wendy Diane Manning, Bowling Green State University

• Debra Umberson, The University of Texas at Austin

Discussant

• Brian Powell, Indiana University