Few Good Gays : the gendered compromises behind military inclusion / Catherine Connell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Connell, Catherine, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Armed Forces--Minorities.

Armed Forces.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Few Good Gays

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2023.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"The 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, service members have largely welcomed LGB inclusion-yet they continue to vociferously resist trans inclusion and women on the front lines. In the minds of many, the embodied "deficiencies" of cisgender women and trans people of all genders puts others-and indeed, the nation-at risk. In this book, Connell identifies the homonormative bargain that underwrites these uneven patterns of reception. Despite the promise of inclusivity, in practice, the military has made room for only a "few good gays," to the exclusion of all others"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: The dawning of a kinder, gentler US military

"The hard work to get me in the door" : a history of the gay ban

"What they do in their private life, I couldn't care less" : striking the homonormative bargain

"He acts straight but he has this one thing ..." : open LGB service and queer social control

"When you want to create a group of male killers, you kill the woman in them" : feminine abjection and the impossibility of women warriors

"My problem's not that I'm gay; my problem is that I'm a woman" : the patriotic paternalism of combat exclusion

"Once he saw them as soldiers, I knew we had it" : the trans ban tug of war

"You can't have three bathrooms at a forward operating position" : gender panic in the transgendering organization

We will be greeted as gay liberators?.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-520-38270-6