Kimberly Carter Kelly
Contributor
Contributor to SAGE Publications’s Encyclopedia of Gender and Society (2009) whose work for that encyclopedia formed the basis of her contributions to Britannica.
Primary Contributions (1)
Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), federal law in force from 1996 to 2013 that specifically denied to same-sex couples all benefits and recognition given to opposite-sex couples. Those benefits included more than 1,000 federal protections and privileges, such as the legal recognition of relationships,…
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