FRONTISPIECE: June 26, 2003: Tyrone Garner (left) and John Lawrence get a hug from Houston resident Michelle Rinehart (center) after a rally at Houston City Hall celebrating the United States Supreme Court decision declaring the Texas sodomy law unconstitutional. At right is Lambda Legal attorney Brian Chase. (© Erich Schlegel / Dallas Morning News / Corbis)
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Carpenter, Dale, 1966–
Flagrant conduct : the story of Lawrence v. Texas : how a bedroom arrest decriminalized gay Americans / Dale Carpenter. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-393-06208-3 (hardcover)
1. Lawrence, John Geddes—Trials, litigation, etc. 2. Texas—Trials, litigation, etc. 3. Trials (Sodomy)—Texas. 4. Homosexuality—Law and legislation—Texas—Criminal provisions. 5. Gays—Legal status,
laws, etc.—United States. I. Title.
KF224.L39C37 2012
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