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Kenji Yoshino: Speak Now (2015, Crown Publishers)

A renowned legal scholar tells the definitive story of Hollingsworth v. Perry, the trial that …

A Legal Scholarship-Sprinkled Play-by-Play

Yoshino provides a legal scholar's view into the central case for same-sex marriage equality. This book is very focused on the trial itself, with Yoshino providing informed play-by-play and also adding his personal perspective as a married gay man with children. While this issue has faded a bit from popular consciousness over the years, it's important to remember how recent this was, and the legal reasoning Yoshino and this case provides is still enlightening. I only wish there was more background material - very little on gay rights and marriage equality more broadly is incorporated beyond a few short references. Highly recommend