A few good gays : the gendered compromises behind military inclusion /
"The US military has done an about-face on gender and sexuality policy over the last decade, ending Don't Ask, Don't Tell, restrictions on women in combat, and transgender exclusion. Contrary to expectations, service members have largely welcomed LGB inclusion-yet they continue to voc...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Langue: | anglais |
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2023]
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| Accès en ligne: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3393651 |
Table des matières:
- Introduction: The dawning of a kinder, gentler US military
- "The hard work to get me in the door" : a history of the gay ban
- "What they do in their private life, I couldn't care less" : striking the homonormative bargain
- "He acts straight but he has this one thing..." : open LGB service and queer social control
- "When you want to create a group of male killers, you kill the woman in them" : feminine abjection and the impossibility of women warriors
- "My problem's not that I'm gay; my problem is that I'm a woman" : the patriotic paternalism of combat exclusion
- "Once he saw them as soldiers, I knew we had it" : the trans ban tug of war
- "You can't have three bathrooms at a forward operating position" : gender panic in the transgendering organization
- We will be greeted as gay liberators?