{"product_id":"a-few-good-gays-9780520382688","title":"A Few Good Gays","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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, servicemembers have largely welcomed cisgender LGB individualsyet they continue to vociferously resist trans inclusion and the presence of women on the front lines. In the minds of many, the embodied deficiencies of cisgender women and trans people of all genders puts othersand indeed, the nationat risk. In this book, Cati Connell identifies the homonormative bargain that underwrites these uneven patterns of receptiona bargain that comes with significant concessions, upholding and even exacerbating race, class, and gender inequality in the pursuit of sexual equality. In this handshake deal, even the widespread support for open LGB service is highly conditional, revocable upon violation of the bargain. Despite the promise of inclusivity, in practice, the military has made room only \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: The Dawning of a Kinder, Gentler US Military\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part 1 Repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. “The Hard Work to Get Me in the Door”: A History of the Gay Ban\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. “What They Do in Their Private Life, I Couldn’t Care Less”: Striking the \u003cbr\u003e     Homonormative Bargain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. “He Acts Straight but He Has This One Thing . . .”: Open LGB Service and \u003cbr\u003e     Queer Social Control\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part 2 Ending Combat Exclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. “When You Want to Create a Group of Male Killers, You Kill the Woman in Them”: \u003cbr\u003e     Feminine Abjection and the Impossibility of Women Warriors\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. “My Problem’s Not That I’m Gay; My Problem Is That I’m a Woman”: The Patriotic \u003cbr\u003e     Paternalism of Combat Exclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part 3 Removing Medical Restrictions on Transgender Service\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6. “Once He Saw Them as Soldiers, I Knew We Had It”: The Trans Ban Tug of War\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7. “You Can’t Have Three Bathrooms at a Forward Operating Position”: Gender Panic in the\u003cbr\u003e     Transgendering Organization\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part 4 Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 8 . We Will Be Greeted as Gay Liberators?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Methodological Appendix A\u003cbr\u003e Methodological Appendix B\u003cbr\u003e Methodological Appendix C\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402952614231,"sku":"9780520382688","price":64.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520382688.jpg?v=1730481951","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-few-good-gays-9780520382688","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}