The Gay Agenda
eBook - PDF

The Gay Agenda

Claiming Space, Identity, and Justice

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  1. 356 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Gay Agenda

Claiming Space, Identity, and Justice

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About this book

The «gay agenda» is a rhetorical strategy deployed by the religious right and other social conservatives to magnify fear and hostility of queers. Queers are accused, among other things, of strategizing to recruit children into sexually deviant lifestyles; dismantling family and marriage as cornerstones of civilization; and forcing the entertainment industry and court systems to do their bidding. Queers certainly do have an agenda but it is not the one that the religious right claims it is. It is to assert their presence in the public space; claim and name their identities; and strategize for social justice in law, schools, and workplaces. The Gay Agenda: Claiming Space, Identity, and Justice claims and reclaims the language of «agenda» and turns the rhetoric of the religious right on its ear. The contributors provide insightful and sharp commentary on gay agendas for human rights, marriage and family, cultural influences, schooling and education, and politics and law.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
  4. INTRODUCTION "TIME IS RUNNING OUT": Lessons I Have Learned as a Recovered Fundamentalist "Ex-Gay" Christian, by Gerald Walton 1
  5. SECTION ONE: Demanding "Special Rights"
  6. SECTION TWO: Destroying Women, Men, Family, and Marriage
  7. SECTION THREE: Building Queer Cultural Dominance
  8. SECTION FOUR: Taking Over Schools
  9. SECTION FIVE: Seizing Control of Politics and the Law
  10. CONCLUSION Affirming Queer Presence in Schools, Law, and Society, by Gerald Walton 345
  11. CONTRIBUTORS 351