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GLBT issues such as same-sex marriage, Don't Ask Don't Tell, and hate crime legislation are at the forefront of American political discourse. This informative book investigates these topics, as well as many other issues facing the GLBT community. These hot-button topics are presented in an even-handed manner, allowing students to learn without the influence of media distortion and mixed messages

Considers biological gay identity in terms of it as a "preideological spontaneous consciousness," as a component of social ideology, & in relation to scientific research. It also examines competing alternative identities for homosexual "allegiance" & their broader implications for gay identity generally. The issues of a "gay science," fascism & homosexuality, post-gay identity, psychology's ambiguous treatment of homosexuality, & the "new" eugenics are examined. Challenges & argues for critical harnessing of the new eugenics that problematically opens up the potential for controlling & changing homosexuality biologically & genetically. R. Rodriguez

Preface / Max Fox -- Introduction / Christopher Nealon -- Homosexuality and capitalism -- Sodomy and the government of cities -- Sexual hegemony and the capitalist world system -- Homosexuality and bourgeois hegemony -- Historicizing the history of sexuality -- Homosexuality as a category of bourgeois society.