Coming Out Republican: A History of the Gay Right
Autor Neil J. Youngen Limba Engleză Hardback – 3 apr 2024
One of the most maligned, misunderstood, and even mocked constituencies in American politics, gay Republicans regularly face condemnation from both the LGBTQ+ community and their own political party. Yet they’ve been active and influential for decades. Gay conservatives were instrumental, for example, in ending “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and securing the legalization of same-sex marriage—but they also helped lay the groundwork for the rise of Donald Trump.
In Coming Out Republican, political historian and commentator Neil J. Young provides the first comprehensive history of the gay Right. From the 1950s up to the present day, Young excavates the multifarious origins, motivations, and evolutions of LGBTQ+ people who found their way to the institutions and networks of modern conservatism. Many on the gay Right have championed conservative values—like free markets, a strong national defense, and individual liberty—and believed that the Republican Party therefore offered LGBTQ+ people the best pathway to freedom. Meanwhile, that same party has actively and repeatedly demonized them. With his precise and provocative voice, Young details the complicated dynamics of being in—and yet never fully accepted into—the Republican Party.
Coming Out Republican provides striking insight into who LGBTQ+ conservatives are, what they want, and why many of them continue to align with a party whose rank and file largely seem to hate them. As the Republican Party renews its assaults on LGBTQ+ rights, understanding the significant history of the gay Right has never been more critical.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780226818054
ISBN-10: 0226818055
Pagini: 400
Ilustrații: 15 halftones
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.74 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10: 0226818055
Pagini: 400
Ilustrații: 15 halftones
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.74 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press
Notă biografică
Neil J. Young is a writer and the author of We Gather Together: The Religious Right and the Problem of Interfaith Politics. His work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, Washington Post, Atlantic, and Los Angeles Times, and he cohosts the history podcast Past Present. He lives in Los Angeles.
Cuprins
Introduction
1. The Double Life
2. The Closeted Architects of Modern Conservatism
3. A Place at the Table
4. For God and Country
5. Concerned Republicans for Individual Rights
6. Homosexual Congress
7. Gay for the Gipper
8. As California Goes . . .
9. My Body, My Choice
10. Gay Family Values
11. Are You a Gay Republican or a Republican Gay?
12. Homocons
13. The Real David Brock
14. The Conservative Case for Same-Sex Marriage
15. Defending Marriage, Defending the Constitution
16. GOProud
17. Trolling for Trump
18. Gay Republican Pride
19. Make America Gay Again
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
List of Archives and Collections Cited
Notes
Index
1. The Double Life
2. The Closeted Architects of Modern Conservatism
3. A Place at the Table
4. For God and Country
5. Concerned Republicans for Individual Rights
6. Homosexual Congress
7. Gay for the Gipper
8. As California Goes . . .
9. My Body, My Choice
10. Gay Family Values
11. Are You a Gay Republican or a Republican Gay?
12. Homocons
13. The Real David Brock
14. The Conservative Case for Same-Sex Marriage
15. Defending Marriage, Defending the Constitution
16. GOProud
17. Trolling for Trump
18. Gay Republican Pride
19. Make America Gay Again
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
List of Archives and Collections Cited
Notes
Index
Recenzii
“Excellent. . . . Anyone could benefit from reading this book."
"[An] important new book. In nineteen brisk, engaging, historically sequenced chapters, Young lays out some of the ways that gay (mostly) men have aligned not with Democratic Party or progressive politics but with conservative and Republican Party activism over the past 75 years."
"In the fractious political atmosphere we have now, it’s essential to understand how gay conservatives have influenced politics through the decades. Find this book before November. It may be one of the most eye-opening books you’ll read."
"A fascinating book....[Young's] book is the landmark account of this group, and it’s a much needed, richly told edition to not only the history of the right in America, but to LGBTQ history in general."
"Coming Out Republican: A History of the Gay Right explains why queer conservatives are not anomalous. . . . Young's book convincingly establishes that the seemingly incongruous identity has shaped U.S. politics for the better part of the last century. Through a compelling composite portrait, Young makes gay Republicans legible as active architects of both a particular kind of queerness and a version of political conservatism."
“Coming Out Republican is an incredible achievement: an astonishing work of history that makes a deeply compelling argument for the ways in which ‘gay Republicans’ have wielded power to serve white male interests. If you’ve ever wondered why, or how, a gay person could be a Republican—this book has the complicated answers.”
“In this deeply researched and deftly written history, Young offers a nuanced account of the politics and personalities of LGBTQ Republicans. Coming Out Republican is an absolute must-read.”
“Young’s nuanced history shows that gay Republicans, far from being monolithic, have included scoundrels and hypocrites, but also American heroes; kooks and fanatics, but also complex thinkers whose ideas have brought LGBTQ people closer to equality. Coming Out Republican is a wonderfully compelling read.”
“Coming Out Republican is a meticulously researched and enthralling history of LGBTQ people on the political right in America. This sensitive and lucidly written account offers fascinating perspective on the ideological diversity of gay Republicans, the variety of political strategies they deployed in venues ranging from local organizations to the halls of Congress, and the successes, disappointments, and rationalizations that they experienced as the GOP veered between partial acceptance and backlash.”
“You can’t understand either the modern history of the Republican Party or the emergence of the gay rights movement without appreciating how they have played off one another for nearly a half century. Young has written a fascinating account of gay Republicans, an underrecognized force who have shaped both their party and LGBT politics.”
“Does a movement for liberation benefit from the inclusion of conservatives, or sabotage itself in the long term? Could lifestyle libertarians ever sit comfortably in coalition with Christian conservatives? And what's the deal with Milo Yiannopoulos, anyway? This elegantly composed and richly thorough study raises these thought-provoking questions and many more, on the way to making a genuinely fresh contribution to American political history."
"Young’s well-researched and well-written history helps us to answer the question of how conservative gay men sought political representation in the second half of the twentieth and early twenty-first century."