Lehring, Gary L.,  1966- <br/><br/>
Officially gay :  the political construction of sexuality by the U.S. military / 
Gary L. Lehring. 
 - Philadelphia :  Temple University Press,  2003. 
 - xi, 229 p. :  ill. ;  22 cm. 
 - Queer politics, queer theories .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-222) and index. 
<br/><br/>1.  What Is an Official Gay Identity? -- 2.  The Emergence of Identity: Epistemological Tenets of the Modern Gay and Lesbian Subject -- 3.  Gays in the Military: Constructing the "Homosexual" Other -- 4.  Gays in the Military: Identity as "Official" Justification for Exclusion -- 5.  Gaze in the Military: Competing Perceptions of Gay Performance -- 6.  Don't Kiss and Tell in the Military: Gay Politics and the Clinton Compromise -- 7.  Becoming Identity: Public Policy, Gay Identification, and the "Queer" Response. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1592130348 (cloth : alk. paper) 1592130356 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002043554 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gays in the military--Government policy.--United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>UB418.G38  / L44 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>355/.0086/640973