TY - BOOK AU - Lehring,Gary L. TI - Officially gay: the political construction of sexuality by the U.S. military SN - 1592130348 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - UB418.G38 L44 2003 U1 - 355/.0086/640973 21 PY - 2003/// CY - Philadelphia PB - Temple University Press KW - Gays in the military KW - United States KW - Government policy N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-222) and index; 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 ER -