Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Synopsis
First Published in 1996. From 1980 to 1990 nearly 17,000 service members were discharged from the military because of their homosexuality. This book places the debate of homosexual military service in its historical, theoretical, and political context. Timely and compelling, with all the court options in the highly published cases of Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer, Gay Rights, Military Wrongs, reports on the state of prejudice and discrimination facing today's homosexual military personnel and their prospects for future equality.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-296) and index.
Table of Contents
Preface /Margarethe Cammermeyer --Introduction /Craig A. Rimmerman --Race-ing and gendering the military closet /Francine D'Amico --Echoes of prejudice: the debates over race and sexuality in the armed forces /David Ari Bianco --Military women: casualties of the armed forces' war on lesbians and gay men /Michelle M. Benecke and Kirstin S. Dodge --Promise unfulfilled: Clinton's failure to overturn the military ban on lesbians and gays /Craig A. Rimmerman --President Clinton, public opinion, and gays in the military /Clyde Wilcox and Robin M. Wolpert --The Perils of congressional politics /David M. Rayside --Seeking another forum: the courts and lesbian and gay rights /Richard Pacelle --The Spectacle of life and death: feminist and lesbian/gay politics in the military /Mary Fainsod Katzenstein --Conduct unbecoming continues: the first year under 'don't ask, don't tell, don't pursue' /C. Dixon Osburn and Michelle M. Benecke --Constructing the 'other' soldier: gay identity's military threat /Gary L. Lehring --Appendix A.Margarethe Cammermeyer v. Les Aspin --Appendix B. Margarethe Cammermeyer v. William J. Perry.