Officially Gay

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. What Is an Official Gay Identity?2. The Emergence of Identity: Epistemological Tenets of the Modern Gay and Lesbian Subject3. Gays in the Military: Constructing the "Homosexual" Other4. Gays in the Military: Identity as "Official" Justification for Exclusion5. Gaze in the Military: Competing Perceptions of Gay Performance6. Don't Kiss and Tell in the Military: Gay Politics and the Clinton Compromise7. Becoming Identity: Public Policy, Gay Identification, and the "Queer" ResponseConclusion: Nightmares, Fantasies, and Sexual PerformanceNotesIndex