Ebook: LGBTQ politics: a critical reader

Introduction / Marla Brettschneider, Susan Burgess, and Christine Keating -- Building LGBTQ Movements / Marla Brettschneider. Rethinking GLBT as a political category in U.S. politics / Zein Murib -- Politics outside the law : transgender lives and the challenge of legibility / B Lee Aultman and Paisley Currah -- The treatment and prevention of HIV bodies : the contemporary politics and science of a thirty-year-old epidemic / J. Ricky Price -- Queering reproductive justice : toward a theory and practice for building intersectional political alliances / Kimala Price -- The "B" isn't silent : bisexual communities and political activism / Charles Anthony Smith, Shawn Schulenberg, and Eric A. Baldwin -- Embodying margin to center : intersectional activism among queer liberation organizations / Joseph Nicholas DeFilippis and Ben Anderson-Nathe -- From "don't drop the soap" to PREA standards : reducing sexual victimization of LGBT people in the juvenile and criminal justice systems / Sean Cahill -- LGBTQ Politics in the Discipline of Political Science / Marla Brettschneider. Our stories / Angelia R. Wilson -- The politics of the LGBT politics in APSA : a history (and its) lesson(s) / Martha Ackelsberg -- Power, politics, and difference in the American Political Science Association : an intersectional analysis of the New Orleans siting controversy / Susan Burgess and Anna Sampaio -- Where has the field gone? : An investigation of LGBTQ political science research / Barry L. Tadlock and Jami K. Taylor -- Unfulfilled promises : how queer feminist political theory could transform political science / Jyl Josephson and Thaís Marques -- LGBTQ Politics and Public Opinion in the United States / Susan Burgess. The how, why, and who of LGBTQ "victory" : a critical examination of change in public attitudes involving LGBTQ people / Jeremiah J. Garretson -- Equality or transformation? : LGBT political attitudes and priorities and the implications for the movement / Donald P. Haider-Markel and Patrick R. Miller -- Case studies of black lesbian and gay candidates : winning identity politics in the Obama era / Ravi K. Perry and X. Loudon Manley -- Equality in the House : the congressional LGBT equality caucus and the substantive representation of LGBTQ interests / Paul Snell -- Gay and lesbian candidates, group stereotypes, and the news media : an experimental design / Mandi Bates Bailey and Steven P. Nawara -- Marriage Equality Politics / Susan Burgess. Marriage equality : assimilationist victory or pluralist defeat? / Courtenay W. Daum -- The state of marriage? : how sociolegal context affects why same-sex couples marry / Ellen Ann Andersen -- Queer sensibilities and other fagchild tools / Jerry D. Thomas -- You don't belong here, either : same-sex marriage politics and LGBT/Q youth homelessness activism in Chicago / Jason Stodolka -- LGBTQ Politics in Global Context / Christine Keating. Political science and the study of LGBT social movements in the global South / Julie Moreau -- Homonationalism and the comparative politics of LGBTQ rights / Miriam Smith -- Top down, bottom up, or meeting in the middle? : The U.S. government in international LGBTQ human rights advocacy / Cynthia Burack -- Pink links : visualizing the global LGBTQ network / Christina Kiel and Megan E. Osterbur -- Queer Futures / Christine Keating. Whither the LGBTQ movement in a post/civil rights era? / Gary Mucciaroni -- Scouting for normalcy : merit badges, cookies, and American futurity / Judy Rohrer -- Queering the feminist dollar : a history and consideration of the Third Wave Fund as activist philanthropy / Melissa Meade and Rye Young -- Single-sex colleges and transgender discrimination : the politics of checking a "male" or "female" box to get into college / Heath Fogg Davis.;"From Harvey Milk to Barney Frank, and from ACT UP to Proposition 8, in the past few decades, no political change has been more significant than the civil rights advancements of LGBTQ citizens. LGBTQ Politics is the first authoritative reader to approach the complexity of queer politics from a political science persective, bringing together original contributions from leadings scholars in the field on key issues in LGBTQ politics. These original essays cover a wide range of essential topics, including marriage equality, transgender discrimination, gay and lesbian political candidates, LGBTQ human rights advocacy, HIV prevention, and LGBTQ movements of the Global South. The volume also includes a number of critical essays that reflect upon the state of political science as a discipline that has struggled to address queer politics. Contributors draw from a variety of subfields in political science, including comparative politics, political theory, American politics, public law, and international relations. Essays that focus on mainstream institutional politics appear alongside contributions grounded in grassroots movements and critical theory. While some essays express concerns that the democratic basis of the LGBTQ movement has been undermined, others celebrate the movement's successes and offer visions for the future. A comprehensive, thought-provoking, and authoritative collection, LGBTQ Politics: A Critical Reader is required reading for anyone looking to learn about the politics of sexuality"--Back cover.