Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: To the Reader
Some Theoretical Starting Places
Readings
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, from “Queer and Now”
Michael Warner, from “Queer and Then?”
SECTION I: Histories
Chapter 1. Before Identity: The Ancient World through the 19th Century
Pederasty in Other Early Cultures: The Middle East and Asia
Gender Variance in Pre-Columbian America and India
Same-Sex Relationships and Desires in Judeo-Christian Cultures
Romantic Friendships and Boston Marriages
Molly-Houses: Early Homoerotic Subculture in England
References and Further Reading
Readings
Abu Nuwas, “In the Bath-house” and “My Lover Has Started to Shave”
Zulali Khwansari, from the Epic Poem "Masnavi"
Ihara Saikaku, “Bamboo Clappers Strike the Hateful Number”
Wu Meicun, “Song of Beau Wang”
Ancient Egyptian Binding Spell
Order for Solemnization of Same-Sex Union
Chapter 2. Sexology: Constructing the Modern Homosexual
Victorian Sex: Some Background
Sexology: Defining a Field of Study
A Sexologist in Depth: Havelock Ellis
Sexology and Early Sexual Rights Movements
References and Further Reading
Readings
Havelock Ellis, from “History II” and “History XXXVI. — Miss H. Aged 30”
Kurt Hiller, Appeal to the Second International Congress for Sexual Reform on Behalf of an Oppressed Human Variety (Introduction and translation by John Lauritsen)
John D’Emilio, “Capitalism and Gay Identity”
Chapter 3. Toward Liberation
Medical Models of Homosexuality
Urban Life and Sexual Expression
World War II and Homosexuality
McCarthy and the Purge of the “Perverts”
Emerging Visibility and Activism
The Politics of Liberation
References and Further Reading
Readings
“Donald Webster Cory” (Edward Sagarin) and John P. LeRoy, “Should Homosexuality Be Eliminated?”
Marilyn Barrow, “Living Propaganda”
Radicalesbians, “The Woman-identified Woman”
Combahee River Collective, “The Combahee River Collective Statement”
Chapter 4. Queer Normalization and Beyond
AIDS: Epidemic and Activism
Antigay Backlash and Hate-Crimes Legislation
The Attractions and Effects of Normalization
Inclusion versus Assimilation: Two Approaches to Securing Rights
LGBTQ Rights in a Global Context
References and Further Reading
Readings
From the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Preamble and Section on Equality from the Bill of Rights
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, "Free and Equal in Dignity and Rights," Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, 12 December 2011
U.S. Congress Original Defense of Marriage Act Legislation, One Hundred Fourth Congress of the United States of America
U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage, June 2015, Obergefell et al., certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
SECTION II: Politics
Chapter 5. Nature, Nurture, and Identity
The Quest for the Gay Gene
Nature–Nurture: What’s at Stake?
References and Further Reading
Readings
Windy M. Brown, Christopher J. Finn, Bradley M. Cooke, and S. Marc Breedlove, “Differences in Finger Length Ratios between Self-identified ‘Butch’ and ‘Femme’ Lesbians”
Albert Mohler, “Is Your Baby Gay? What If You Could Know? What If You Could Do Something about It?”
Rictor Norton, from “Essentialism”
Chapter 6. Queer Diversities
L . . . G . . . T . . . : A Story of Push and Pull
Bisexual Erasure in the LGBTQ Community
Q: Beyond Sexual Identity
References and Further Reading
Readings
Amber Hollibaugh, “Queers without Money: They Are Everywhere. But We Refuse to See Them”
John Aravosis, “How Did the T Get in LGBT?”
Susan Stryker, “Why the T in LGBT Is Here to Stay”
Chapter 7. Intersectionalities
The “Down Low” and Applied Intersectional Theory
Women, Class, and Internationality
Tools for Intersectional Analysis
References and Further Reading
Readings
Kathy Y. Wilson, “Just a Closer Walk with Thee”
Richard Thompson Ford, “What’s Queer about Race?”
Sonnet Gabbard, “Preserving the Nation: Transitional Serbia, the European Union, and Homophobia”
SECTION III: Representations
Chapter 8: Queer Literatures
Whitman and His Descendants
Emerging Queer Literary Voices
Queering Books for Young People
Queer Literature: Global Disruptions
References and Further Reading
Readings
Walt Whitman, “We Two Boys Together Clinging”
Michael Field, “Sometimes I Do Despatch My Heart" and "It Was Deep April"
Edward Carpenter, “Love’s Vision”
Langston Hughes, “I, Too, Sing America”
Judy Grahn, “A History of Lesbianism”
June Jordan, “Poem about My Rights”
Audre Lorde, “A Woman Speaks”
Ann Bannon, from I Am a Woman
Chapter 9. Visual and Performing Arts
Visualizing the Homoerotic
Fine Art: From the Beautiful to the Political
Backlash Against Queer Art
Performing Queer: Theater
References and Further Reading
Readings
Steven C. Dubin, from “Art’s Enemies: Censors to the Right of Me, Censors to the Left of Me”
Chapter 10. Film and Television
Visibility and Representation
Varieties of Queerness in Contemporary Film
References and Further Reading
Readings
Maria Pramaggiore, "Fishing for Girls: Romancing Lesbians in New Queer Cinema"
Kara Keeling, "'Joining the Lesbians': Cinematic Regimes of Black Lesbian Visibility"
Gayatri Gopinath, from "Local Sites/Global Contexts: The Transnational Trajectories of Fire and 'The Quilt'"
Chapter 11. Queers and the Internet
Internet Censorship and Corporatization
References and Further Reading
Readings
Andil Gosine, “Brown to Blond at Gay.com: Passing White in Queer Cyberspace”
Uttarika Kumaran, “Disabled, Gay, and as Normal as You”
Chapter 12. Queer Cultures: Alternative Media and the Search for Queer Space
LGBTQ Journalism: Magazines, Newspapers, and Comics
Many Journeys, Many Homes
References and Further Reading
Readings
Michael Sibalis, from “Urban Space and Homosexuality: The Example of the Marais, Paris’ ‘Gay Ghetto’”
Sergio Arguello, “They Were Here First: LGBTQ Seniors in Los Angeles”
Glossary
Index
About the Authors
