Queer questions, clear answers : the contemporary debates on sexual orientation / Thomas S. Serwatka.
2010
306.76 S492q 2010
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Title
Queer questions, clear answers : the contemporary debates on sexual orientation / Thomas S. Serwatka.
Author
ISBN
9780313386121 (hard copy : alk. paper)
0313386129 (hard copy : alk. paper)
9780313386138 (ebook)
0313386137 (ebook)
0313386129 (hard copy : alk. paper)
9780313386138 (ebook)
0313386137 (ebook)
Imprint
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, c2010.
Language
English
Description
265 p. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
306.76 S492q 2010
System Control No.
(OCoLC)503073104
(OCoLC)503073104
(OCoLC)503073104
Summary
This book offers an eye opening conversation about questions, facts and fears, relative to sexual orientation. The book is framed around a series of nine sets of "queer questions," including, who is queer and who is not? how do we interpret and use sacred scriptures to control behavior and set public policy? what lessons can we learn from history and psychology? and what is the homosexual agenda? The author, himself a gay man and prominent academic, combines cross disciplinary research and personal anecdotes in his intriguing search for answers to questions that are central to ongoing cultural and political debates. In discussing each set of questions, he examines perspectives and arguments from across the political spectrum. The clear, articulate, and wholly candid answers he offers will help readers get beyond the headlines and the sound bites to better understand many important arguments about homosexuality and human rights.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction
Who's queer and who's not
The origins of sexual orientation
Sacred scriptures and homosexuality
Reparative therapy and the ex-gay identity
The downfall of society
Pardon me, but do you have size 13 toe shoes in stock?
Is it a secret agenda or a civil rights movement?
Coming out of the school closet
Straight talk.
Who's queer and who's not
The origins of sexual orientation
Sacred scriptures and homosexuality
Reparative therapy and the ex-gay identity
The downfall of society
Pardon me, but do you have size 13 toe shoes in stock?
Is it a secret agenda or a civil rights movement?
Coming out of the school closet
Straight talk.
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