Officially gay : the political construction of sexuality by the U.S. military /

Follows the military's century-long attempt to identify and exclude gays and lesbians, and argues that military policy helped create a modern gay movement and shape the direction taken by that movement. Simultaneously, it made possible greater regulation and scrutiny of gays and lesbians both i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lehring, Gary L., 1966- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2003.
Series:Queer politics, queer theories.
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Online Access:Table of contents
https://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb34618
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Summary:Follows the military's century-long attempt to identify and exclude gays and lesbians, and argues that military policy helped create a modern gay movement and shape the direction taken by that movement. Simultaneously, it made possible greater regulation and scrutiny of gays and lesbians both in and out of the military. [back cover].
Physical Description:xi, 229 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-222) and index.
ISBN:9781592130344
1592130348
9781592130351
1592130356