How Sex Became a Civil Liberty

How Sex Became a Civil Liberty shows how we came to see sexual expression, sexual practice, and sexual privacy as fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution, thanks to the work of ACLU leaders and attorneys who forged legal principles that advanced the sexual revolution.

Associate Professor of History, Binghamton University and co-editor, Journal of Women's History

Introduction
Ch 1 "Where else but Greenwich Village?": Taking Sexual Liberties, 1910s-1920s
Ch 2 "Queer business for Civil Liberties Union": Defending Unconventional Speech about Sex, 1920s-1930s
Ch 3 "Are you free to read, see, and hear?": Creating Consumer Rights out of the First Amendment, 1940s-1950s
Ch 4 "To be let alone in the bedroom": Expanding Sexual Rights through Privacy, 1940s-1960s
Ch 5 "To produce offspring without interference by the state": Making Reproductive Freedom, 1960s-1970s
Ch 6 "What's happening to sexual privacy?": Easing Access to Sexual Expression, 1960s-1970s
Ch 7 "Solutions must be found within civil libertarian guidelines": Protecting against Rape and Sexual Harassment, 1970s-1990s
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index