Born This Way
University of Chicago Press (Verlag)
978-0-226-82753-7 (ISBN)
Across protests and courtrooms, LGBTQ+ advocates argue that sexual and gender identities are innate. Oppositely, conservatives incite panic over “groomers” and a contagious “gender ideology” that corrupts susceptible children. Yet, as this debate rages on, the history of what first compelled the hunt for homosexuality’s biological origin story may hold answers for the queer rights movement’s future.
Born This Way tells the story of how a biologically based understanding of gender and sexuality became central to LGBTQ+ advocacy. Starting in the 1950s, activists sought out mental health experts to combat the pathologizing of homosexuality. As Joanna Wuest shows, these relationships were forged in subsequent decades alongside two broader, concurrent developments: the rise of an interest-group model of rights advocacy and an explosion of biogenetic and bio-based psychological research. The result is essential reading to fully understand LGBTQ+ activism today and how clashes over science remain crucial to equal rights struggles.
Joanna Wuest is assistant professor of politics at Mount Holyoke College.
Introduction
Part 1 Origins
1 The Science of Civil Rights: The Rise and Demise of Sexual Deviancy
2 Desire in the Throes of Power: Gay Liberation, Psychiatry, and the Politics of Classification
3 “Why Is My Child Gay?”: The Liberal Foundations of Born This Way
4 Immutability before the Gay Gene: Biology and Civil Rights Litigation
Part 2 Evolutions and Adaptations
5 Rise of the Gay Gene: Science, Law, Culture, and Hype
6 From Pathology to “Born Perfect”: Marriage Equality and Conversion Therapy Bans
7 The Scientific Gaze in Transgender and Bisexual Politics
Conclusion: Beyond Born This Way: Fluid Desires, Fixed Identities, and Entrenched Inequalities
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 22.08.2023 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 426 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-226-82753-4 / 0226827534 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-226-82753-7 / 9780226827537 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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