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The U.S. legal sysem and sources of law -- Sexual identity -- Treatment of LGBT, questioning, and gender non-conforming youth -- Freedom of expression -- Sexual identity and the Constitution -- Employment discrimination -- Public accommodation -- Parenting -- Treatment of same-sex couples -- Treatment of transgender and intersexual people -- Local policy and decision-making

Rooted in the politics and theories of early gay liberation and radical feminism, Shannon Gilreath's The End of Straight Supremacy presents a cohesive theory of gay life under straight domination. Beginning with a critique of formal equality law, centering on the 'like-straight' demands of liberal equality theory as highlighted in Lawrence v. Texas, Gilreath moves to criticize the gay movement itself, challenging the assimilation politics behind the movement's blithe acceptance of discrimination in the guise of free speech and pornography in the name of sexual liberation, as well as same-sex marriage and transsexuality as tools of straight hegemony. Ultimately, Gilreath rejects both the liberal demand for gay erasure in exchange for meager legal progress and the gay establishment agenda. In The End of Straight Supremacy, Gilreath calls gays and their allies to the difficult task of rethinking what liberation and equality really mean

Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1 -- Introduction: For Jimmy -- Chapter 1: A World Not of Their Making: The Closet in American Life -- Chapter 2: "Through a Glass Darkly": American Religious Fundamentalism and Homophobia -- Part 2 -- Chapter 3: Gay Citizenship: The Politics of Transformation -- Chapter 4: What Gay People Want: Equality, and I Will Be Free -- Epilogue: Who Has Believed Our Report? -- Appendix: Helpful Resources for Activists and Concerned Citizens -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index

"Transgender Law and Policy in the United States" published on by Oxford University Press.