Gay Conservatives : Group Consciousness and Assimilation

ISBN-13: 9781560236092 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 146 str.

Kenneth W. Cimino

Opis

Recent studies show that the vast majority of the LGBT community considers itself politically liberally. Yet nearly 25% of all LGBT voters helped re-elect George W. Bush in 2004--who are these people and why did they make that choice? Gay Conservatives examines why conservative LGBTs join political groups and support political candidates that not only don't favor policies that benefit the LGBT community, but in some cases, advocate prejudicial policies. This thought-provoking book looks at the impact of "group consciousness" on conservative LGBTs and how it affects political power and social construction.

Spis treści

• Acknowledgments
  
• Chapter 1. Who Are Conservative LGBTs?
  
• Questions
  
• Terminology
  
• Argument
  
• Methodology
  
• Purpose
  
• Chapter 2. Review of Group Consciousness Theory
  
• Pluralism
  
• Political Behavior
  
• Group Theory: Truman’s Legacy
  
• Group Consciousness
  
• The Homosexual Identity Stages
  
• Group Consciousness and Minority Identity
  
• Chapter 3. Evolution and Impact of the LGBT Liberation Movement
  
• Creating a Group Identity: World War II—Origins of the Gay Movement
  
• Delivery of New Radicalism: The Stonewall Rebellion
  
• Combating AIDS: LGBT Activism
  
• Assimilationists: The Beginnings of the Conservative LGBT Movement
  
• Group Identification of Conservative LGBTs
  
• Chapter 4. LGBT Group Consciousness
  
• Difficulties of Coming Out (Rejection of Group Consciousness)
  
• Questions
  
• Interviews
  
• The Instrument
  
• Theory
  
• Presentation of Data
  
• Findings
  
• Group Identity and Group Consciousness Findings
  
• Conclusion
  
• Chapter 5. LGBT Conservative Identity: Presentation of Data
  
• Descriptive Differences
  
• Descriptive Statistics
  
• Binary Regression Results
  
• Chapter 6. Reinventing Queer: Where Is the LGBT Community Headed?
  
• Separation
  
• Emancipation
  
• Moralization
  
• Assimilation
  
• Reinvention
  
• Appendix. Characteristics of the Sample
  
• References
  
• Index
  

O autorze

Kenneth W. Cimino