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Queer by choice : lesbians, gay men, and the politics of identity
- Title
- Queer by choice : lesbians, gay men, and the politics of identity / Vera Whisman.
- Author
- Whisman, Vera
- Publication
- New York : Routledge, 1996.
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- Description
- x, 151 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- Are lesbians and gays born? Or are they "made"--Constructed by themselves and by their culture? Recent medical findings suggest that there might be a hereditary component to sexual identity, but actual experiences of choice and determination vary widely among gays and lesbians. Drawing on interviews with a diverse group of lesbians and gay men, Vera Whisman analyzes if, and to what extent, choice plays a role in determining sexuality. The answers are neither always clean nor always consistent, and they will have both positive and negative implications for gay men and lesbians as public debates on gender and sexuality escalate. The author finds that when public opinion privileges those whose sexual preference is determined and silences those who choose it, an exclusionary, male-dominated gay politics can result. As a response, we are asked to consider the possibility of chosen homosexuality as one way of making gay and lesbian political organizing more radical, democratic, and egalitarian.
- Subject
- Gay people > Identity
- Gay people > United States
- Gay people > United States > Interviews
- Gender identity
- Lesbianism
- Sexual Behavior
- Gender Identity
- homosexuality
- Gay women > United States
- Personnes homosexuelles > Identité
- Homosexuels > États-Unis
- Identité sexuelle
- sex role
- Gays
- Gays > Identity
- Homosexualität
- Identität
- Homoseksuelen
- Sociale identiteit
- Gays > United States > Interviews
- Gays > United States
- Lesbians > United States
- Gay men > Identity
- Gay men > United States
- United States
- Gays Identity
- Gays United States
- Gays Interviews United States
- Gays United States Interviews
- Homosexuality
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-146) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Dear Abby, "The Gay Agenda," and the New York Times -- 2. The Pleasures and Dangers of Choice -- 3. Story of Choice -- 4. Choosing a Story: Determined, Chosen, and Mixed -- 5. Difference and Dominance: Gendered Identity Accounts -- 6. Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 0415910145
- 9780415910149
- 0415910153
- 9780415910156
- LCCN
- 94044781
- OCLC
- ocm31753815
- 31753815
- SCSB-2078707
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library