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Intro -- Foreword -- 1 What's So Scary About Difference? -- A Tragic Symbol of Homophobia -- Anti-gay Hate Crimes -- Close-up: The Matthew Shepard Foundation -- Fear of the Other -- Close-up: Prejudiced People Aren't Picky -- Prejudice -- 2 Homophobia and Its Victims -- How Common Is Homosexuality? -- The History of Homophobia -- Homophobia in the Modern Era -- Close-up: Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals -- 3 An Ongoing Struggle for Rights and Respect -- Close-up: The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act -- An Era of Change -- The Stonewall Riots -- Gay Liberation and Gay Pride -- The AIDS Crisis -- The New Millennium -- 4 What Can You Do About Homophobia? -- Close-up: "That's so GAY!" -- Are You Homophobic? -- Series Glossary -- Further Resources -- Index.

"Homophobia has been defined as "an irrationally negative attitude toward [homosexuals]" that can manifest itself in harassment, verbal abuse, and even outright violence. Despite recent changes, like the legal recognition of same-sex marriage in Canada and Massachusetts, homophobic attitudes still pervade both legislative and judicial decisions, denying rights on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. This book undertakes in-depth analysis of judicial reasoning to show how courts can, by stripping gay men and lesbians of choices, reward invisibility. The book, however, is not intended to be just a bleak critique. To the contrary, it seeks to foster change and offer alternatives for those interested in avoiding stereotypes and helping the oppressed achieve a more fulfilling life"--Introduction. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

In addition to the stresses of everyday life, gay men, lesbians and bisexuals experience multiple pressures and constraints related to their chosen lifestyles. This volume examines the gay and lesbian experience in light of this additional tension - which can result in psychopathology - and points towards a future free of heterosexism. The internationally renowned contributors argue that the stress of `coming out', uncertainties concerning parenting children, and the difficulties facing ethnic minority lesbians, gay men and bisexuals cannot be adequately addressed without confronting the he

Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND PERMISSIONS -- NOTE ON THE TEXT -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- Introduction: 2013 - Russia's Year of Political Homophobia -- Tragedy in Volgograd -- Homophobia in politics and history -- Toward a project of political homophobia -- From Siberia to Moscow - a federal "gay propaganda" ban -- Banning "gay propaganda" and making propaganda for "traditional sex" -- Sochi, the Olympic "industry," and Russia's global image -- Russian homophobia from Stalin to Sochi -- PART I Homophobia in Russia after 1945 -- 1 Forging Gulag Sexualities: Penal Homosexuality and the Reform of the Gulag after Stalin -- The sexual order of the Gulag -- Ancestors of the "Gulag queer" -- Queer in Stalin's Gulag -- Reformist projects and the Gulag queer -- Late-Soviet prisoners, Gulag survivors, and the Gulag queer -- Queer visibility and erasure after Stalin's Gulag -- 2 Comrades, Queers,and "Oddballs": Sodomy, Masculinity, and Gendered Violence in Leningrad Province in the 1950s -- Case 1: Rape and sodomy in Nevdubstroi, 1946-5113 -- Case 2: Sodomy and murder in Rakhia, 1955-915 -- Rural "settlements of an urban type" -- Masculinity, sodomy, and gender relations -- Between men and women -- Between men in private -- Meanings for men's same- sex relations -- Gender, silence, and queer (in-)visibility in 1950s Russia -- 3 The Diary of Soviet Singer Vadim Kozin: Reading Queer Subjectivity in 1950s Russia -- The life and loves of Vadim Kozin -- The Kozin diary: chronicling "a life incorrectly lived" -- "When will this sanctimonious hypocrisy . . . cease and desist?" -- Queer visibility and the dilemmas of the self -- PART II Queer Visibility and "Traditional Sexual Relations".

"This book takes an in-depth look at the ancient roots of homophobia, including its Pythagorean origins and its eventual spread throughout the Roman Empire and, consequently, the rest of the world"--Provided by publisher

Although sexual minorities in Africa continue to face harsh penalties for same-sex relationships, strong anti-homophobic resistance exists across the continent. This book systematically charts the emergence and effects of politicized homophobia in Malawi and shows how it has been used as a strategy by political elites to consolidate their moral and political authority, through punishing LGBT people and dividing social movements. Here, Ashley Currier pays particular attention to the impact of politicized homophobia on different social movements, specifically HIV/AIDS, human rights, LGBT rights, and women's rights movements. Her timely account intervenes in Afro-pessimist portrayals of the African continent as a hotbed of homophobia and unravels the tensions and contradictions underlying Western perceptions of Malawi. It shows that, in reality, many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people happily call Malawi home, in spite of heightened antigay vitriol that has generated unwanted visibility for them

From government to literature to architecture, few fields in western culture are untouched by the influence of Ancient Greece and Rome. Even mores that may seem exclusively modern often have roots in the classical past. This book takes an in-depth look at the ancient roots of homophobia, including its Pythagorean origins and its eventual spread throughout the Roman Empire and, consequently, the rest of the world. Originally, male homosexuality occupied something of an honorable position in ancient Greece. By the end of the Roman period several centuries later, this attitude had changed so radi

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: impetus; Looking through experience; Disorder; Different territory: a question of intersectionality?; Body maps: envisaging homophobia, violence and safety; Backlight and shadow: constituting danger; Violence: an instrument of power; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

"Evangelical Christians and members of the global LGBTQI human rights movement have vied for influence in Haiti since the 2010 earthquake. Each side accuses the other of serving foreign interests. Yet each proposes future foreign interventions on behalf of their respective causes despite the country's traumatic past with European colonialism and American imperialism. As Erin L. Durban shows, two discourses dominate discussions of intervention. One maintains imperialist notions of a backward Haiti so riddled with cultural deficiencies that foreign supervision is necessary to overcome Haitians' resistance to progress. The other sees Haiti as a modern but failed state that exists only through its capacity for violence, including homophobia. In the context of these competing claims, Durban explores the creative ways that same-sex desiring and gender creative Haitians contend with anti-LGBTQI violence and ongoing foreign intervention. Compelling and thought-provoking, The Sexual Politics of Empire examines LGBTQI life in contemporary Haiti against the backdrop of American imperialism and intervention"--

The Gilded Age Construction of American Homophobia is an analysis of the negative response to the discovery of the homosexual in late Nineteenth century America. In this period of social distress, many Americans came to doubt the underlying assumptions of national progress. If the United States were to remain true to its promise of earthly perfection, then the forces of social disharmony had to be overcome. Homosexuality, however, challenged the very notions of order and progress. This book investigates the responses of the emergent medical community to this problem, and concludes with a discussion of how the negative reception of the homosexual impacted the future social conception of gay men and women.