Gay & Lesbian Politics

Mark Blasius, Associate Professor of Political Science at City University of New York, LaGuardia, is the co-author of We Are Everywhere: An Historical Sourcebook in Gay and Lesbian Politics.

"This important study is both an analysis of and a call to an involved politics. It opens the door to a far-reaching dialogue."-Martin Duberman, Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, The City University of New York "It is in the process of coming out...Blasius argues, that lesbians and gay men create themselves-as new subjects, as the producers of new truth, and as agents of social change. Blasius gives a coherent account that ties together all these processes-from coming out to the emergence of lesbian and gay studies-and goes on to show the 'ethical' contribution that lesbians and gay men make to contemporary American society."-Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review"An engaging book that intelligently explores a range of possibilities in human relations."-George Kateb, Department of Politics, Princeton University

• Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Creation of Gay and Lesbian Politics A Historical Ontology of Politics Power, Subjectivity, and Truth Politics and Technologies of Government 2. A Politics of Sexuality Poser in Modernity: Biopower Sexuality Becomes a Political Issue Sexuality: A Technology of Government The Lesbian and Gay Politics of Sexuality 3. Sexuality, Subjectivity, and Political Identity A Genealogy of Gay and Lesbian Identity Erotics: From Subjection to Agency Silence = Death: Coming Out and the Creation of the Self Conclusion: After Sexuality, Erotics? 4. What Are Lesbian and Gay Rights? Sexuality and Normativity: A Relational Right AIDS and Biopower Conclusion 5. An Ethos of Lesbian and Gay Existence Lesbian and Gay Existence: Sexual Orientation, Lifestyle, and Community The Emergence of a Lesbian and Gay Ethos Ethos, Knowledge, and Politics Gay and Lesbian Politics and a New Ethic Conclusion Index