Same Sex
Same Sex is the most comprehensive anthology on homosexuality available. It goes beyond other classroom readers to explore historical conceptions of homosexuality, homosexual identity, and a variety of public policy issues, ranging from gay marriage to outing to military service. It also examines the issues from ethical, religious, and scientific perspectives. While the authors represent a wide range of opinions on homosexuality, the anthology cuts through the emotional fervor surrounding...
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CONTRIBUTORS: Daryl J. Bem, John Boswell, David Bradshaw, William Byne, Claudia Card, George Chauncey, John Corvino, Madeline Davis, John Finnis, Carla Golden, David M. Halperin, Daniel A. Helminak, Leah Himmeihoch, Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy, Robert H. Knight, Andrew Koppelman, Mitchell Lasco, John Luddy, Richard D. Mohr, Plato, Carol Queen, The Ramsey Colloquium, Jonathan Rauch, Thomas E. Schmidt, Paul Siegel, Edward Stein, James S. Stramel, Frederick Suppe, and Thomas Williams.
Introduction Acknowledgments\ I. Morality and Religion\ 1 Why Shouldn't Tommy and Jim Have Sex? A Defense of Homosexuality\ 2 A Reply to Corvino\ 3 Law, Morality, and "Sexual Orientation"\ 4 Homosexual Conduct: A Reply to the New Natural Lawyers\ 5 The Homosexual Movement\ 6 A Reply to the Ramsey Colloquium\ 7 The Bible on Homosexuality: Ethically Neutral\ 8 Romans 1:26-27 and Biblical Sexuality\ II. Science and Identity\ 9 The Origins of Sexual Orientation: Possible Biological Contributions\ 10 The Exotic-Becomes-Erotic Theory of Sexual Orientation\ 11 The Ethical Relevance of Scientific Research on Sexual Orientation\ 12 Diversity and Variability in Women's Sexual Identities\ 13 Explaining Homosexuality: Who Cares Anyhow?\ III. Identity and History\ 14 Aristophanes' Speech from the Symposium Plato\ 15 Revolutions, Universals, and Sexual Categories\ 16 Sex Before Sexuality: Pederasty, Politics, and Power in Classical Athens\ 17 The Reproduction of Butch-Fem Roles: A Social Constructionist Approach\ 18 Christian Brotherhood or Sexual Perversion? Homosexual Identities and the Construction of Sexual Boundaries in the World War I Era\ 19 Strangers at Home: Bisexuals in the Queer Movement\ IV. Public Policy\ 20 Make Love, Not War: The Pentagon's Ban is Wise and Just\ 21 Dry-cleaning the Troops and Other Matters: A Critique of Don't Ask. Don't Tell\ 22 The Case for Outing\ 23 Outing, Ethics, and Politics: A Reply to Mohr\ 24 How Domestic Partnerships and "Gay Marriage" Threaten the Family\ 25 Who Needs Marriage?\ 26 Against Marriage\ 27 A Gay and Straight Agenda\ Notes Index About the Contributors\
\ Religious Studies Review. . . lucidly distinguishes among nature/nurture, essentialist/constructionist, and determinist/voluntarist . . .\ — Susan Henking, Hobart and William Smith Colleges\ \ \ \ \ Bruce BawerExceptionally comprehensive, admirably balanced, endlessly thought-provoking."\ \ \ Chesire Calhoun[An] extremely useful collection of original pieces and recent classics.\ \ \ \ \ Religious Studies Review. . . lucidly distinguishes among nature/nurture, essentialist/constructionist, and determinist/voluntarist . . .\ \ \ \ \ National Catholic ReporterThis is a thoughtful book, one that provides plenty of space for reflection and drawing one's own conclusions—or seeking further information.\ \ \ \ \ Washington Post Book WorldThis series of essays and responses makes for a calm, measured debate on the morality of homosexuality and of society's treatment of homosexuals . . . [and] attempts to substitute reason and scholarship for diatribe.\ \ \ \ \ Times Literary SupplementOne welcomes with enthusiasm, therefore, Same Sex, a series of twenty-seven essays which gives space to arguments on both, or more, sides of many of the issues surrounding homosexuality, and genuinely seeks to engage in intellectual debate.\ \
