Voted Out

Glenda M. Russell is a Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Gay and Lesbian Strategic Studies in Amherst, MA. She is coauthor of Conversations about Psychology and Sexual Orientation (also available from NYU Press).

"One of the quandaries that the plaintiffs in the court challenge to Amendment 2 faced at the outset was how to obtain an immediate injunction to prevent the amendment from taking effect when there was no proof that the enforcement of Amendment 2 would cause irreparable harm. This well-written book provides that proof: without ever having taken legal effect, Amendment 2 took an enormous psychological toll." - Jean E. Dubofsky,lead attorney for plaintiffs in Romer v. Evans (the case in which the U.S. Supreme Court held Amendement 2 unconstitutional) "A remarkable and innovative use of psychological methods to study and understand crucial social problems . . . Voted Out offers us a new model for action research." - Bonnie R. Strickland,University of Massachusetts at Amherst and former President, American Psychological Association "Russell's data is moving and powerful, and I would expect this book to become an essential referent for gay rights activists in the future." (SIGNS)