Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part one The Apartheid of the Closet
6. 1. Masquerade and the Law, 1880–1946 13
7. 2. Kulturkampf and the Threatening Closet, 1946–1961 57
8. 3. Coming Out and Challenging the Closet, 1961–1981 98
9. Part two Remnants of the Closet (Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell)
10. Introduction 139
11. 4. Hardwick and Historiography 149
12. 5. The Sexualized First Amendment 174
13. 6. Multivocal Prejudices and Homo Equality 205
14. Part Three After the Closet: Queer Theory and the Sexual State
15. 7. Sexual Consent Paradoxes 239
16. 8. Beyond Families We Choose 271
17. 9. Religion and Homosexuality: Equality Practice 293
18. Appendixes: Regulating Sexual and Gender Variation in the United States
19. A Early Municipal and State Regulation 327
20. B Modern State and Municipal Regulation 353
21. C Statistics 373
22. Notes 385
23. Index 462