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This massive volume is a comprehensive introduction to lesbian and gay studies for students and general readers. More than 100 articles, essays, letters, and primary documents cover issues of gay identity; religious, scientific, medical, and legal perspectives; the mainstream media; lesbian and gay media; and community prospects and tactics.
From Eve Kosofsky Sedgewick's essay “How to Bring Your Kids Up Gay,” to Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger's Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons, to a 1947 Newsweek article, “Homosexuals in Uniform,” this volume explores perceptions and representations of lesbian and gay people from a variety of perspectives.
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