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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.
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.