Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: The Importance of Gay-Themed TV 1
5. 1. Straight Panic and American Culture in the 1990s 13
6. 2. Thinking about Gay People: Civil Rights and the Confusion over Sexual Identity 37
7. 3. Network Narrowcasting and the Slumpy Demographic 80
8. 4. The Affordable, Multicultural Politics of Gay Chic 108
9. 5. Gay Material and Prime-Time Network Television in the 1990s 136
10. 6. “We’re Not Gay!” Heterosexuality and Gay-Themed Programming 189
11. Conclusion: Straight Panic in the 2000s 214
12. Appendix A: Select Gay-Themed Network TV Episodes 227
13. Appendix B: List of Interviews 233
14. Notes 235
15. Index 271
16. About the Author 284