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Sailors and sexual identity : crossing the line between "straight" and "gay" in the U.S. Navy /

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In this book, the author presents the stories of several men of the U.S. Navy and their experiences with homosexuality, heterosexuality, and all that is in between during their service.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zeeland, Steven (Author)
Other Authors: Bérubé, Allan (dedicatee (item))
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Haworth Press, [1995]
Edition:Uncorrected prepublication galleys.
Series:Haworth gay & lesbian studies.
Subjects:
United States. > Navy > Gays.
Sailors > Sexual behavior > United States.
Gays > United States > Identity.
Gay sailors > United States.
Gay military personnel > United States.
Gay sailors.
Armed Forces > Gays.
Gays > Identity.
Sailors > Sexual behavior.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: "Are you in the in the Navy?"
  • Introduction: The myth of heterosexual purity
  • Anthony: the book camp dream
  • Eddy: the sea bitch
  • Lieutenant Tim: the uniform
  • Trent: the boatswain's lockers
  • David: "hard," not "tough"
  • Ray: the Navy corpsman nipple piercing ritual
  • Gregg: the unmaking of an activist
  • Russell: strong friendship
  • Sonny: Navy tradition
  • Kevin: the network
  • Jack: "Don't kiss me, I'm straight"
  • Chaplain Phil: gay, straight, whatever
  • Joey: I'll always be a sailor
  • Anthony (coda).