Origins. The science of civil rights: the rise and demise of sexual deviancy ; Desire in the throes of power: gay liberation, psychiatry, and the politics of classification ; "Why is my child gay?": the liberal foundations of Born This Way ; Immutability before the gay gene: biology and civil rights litigation -- Evolutions and adaptations. Rise of the gay gene: science, law, culture, and hype ; From pathology to "Born Perfect": marriage equality and conversion therapy bans ; The scientific gaze in transgender and bisexual politics ; Conclusion: Beyond Born This Way: fluid desires, fixed identities, and entrenched inequalities.
Summary:
"Across protests and courtrooms, LGBTQ activists argue that true sex or sexuality is encoded deep down, that it circulates in blood and is an expression of brain shapes and genetic codes. Their opponents incite panic over luring child groomers and a contagious "gender ideology" which corrupts the brains-and then bodies-of susceptible teenagers. In Born This Way: Science, Citizenship, and Inequality in the American LGBTQ Movement, Joanna Wuest tells the history of the LGBTQ rights movement, the modern scientific study of gender and sexuality, and the identity politics that formed at the nexus. She too reveals how conservative leaders have undermined science's ability to assist equal rights campaigns, reproductive rights, and climate change policies alike. Born This Way is at once a celebratory and cautionary tale, one which delineates a minority rights movement's impressive victories, its powerful and persuasive allies, and the ongoing assault on equality and science alike"-- Provided by publisher.
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