Officially gay : the political construction of sexuality by the U .S. military - Lehring, Gary L., 1966- (Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2003)
Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments --Introduction --1 What Is an Official Gay Identity? --2 The Emergence of Identity: Episte mological Tenets of the Modern Gay and Lesbian Subject --3 Gays in the Military: Constructing the "Homosexual" Other --4 Gays in the Military: Identity as "Official" Justification for Exclusion --5 Gaze in the Mil itary: Competing Perceptions of Gay Performance --6 Don't Kiss and Tell in the Military: Gay Politics and the Clinton Compromise --7 Becoming Identity: Public Policy, Gay Identification, and the "Queer" Response.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-222) and index.
Keywords: Gay military personnel -- Government policy -- United States