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