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Urban Bias, Rural Sexual Minorities, and the Courts

Luke A. Boso; UCLA Law Review 

Keywords: Courts; Judges; Juvenile Justice

Urban bias shapes social perceptions about sexual minorities.  Predominant cultural narratives geographically situate sexual minorities in urban gay communities, dictate the contours of how to be a modern gay person, and urge sexual minorities to come out and assimilate into gay communities and culture.  This Article contests the urban presumption commonly applied to all sexual minorities and focuses specifically on how it affects rural sexual minorities, who remain largely invisible in the public discourse about sexuality and equality. [Summary from resource.] 

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Urban Bias, Rural Sexual Minorities, and the Courts