Report

Urban Bias, Rural Sexual Minorities, and the Courts

February 2013

Urban bias shapes social perceptions about sexual minorities. This article explores how hegemonic gay narratives work to marginalize rural sexual minorities’ experiences in law and social discourse.

AUTHORS
  • Luke A. Boso
    Assistant Professor, University of San Francisco School of Law
Highlights
Courts must combat discrimination against rural sexual minorities, not exacerbate it.
Urban bias erases the most economically and geographically marginalized sexual minorities' experiences from the public discourse.
Legislators, scholars, and gay rights advocates mus be more attuned to the experiences of rural sexual minorities.
Urban Bias, Rural Sexual Minorities, and the Courts