Gay Conservatives: Group Consciousness and Assimilation

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Discover why LGBT voters support conservative political platforms that don’t benefit the LGBT community Recent studies show that the vast majority of the LGBT community considers itself politically liberally. Yet nearly 25% of all LGBT voters helped re-elect George W. Bush in 2004—who are these people and why did they make that choice? Gay Conservatives examines why... Read more

Discover why LGBT voters support conservative political platforms that don’t benefit the LGBT community

Recent studies show that the vast majority of the LGBT community considers itself politically liberally. Yet nearly 25% of all LGBT voters helped re-elect George W. Bush in 2004—who are these people and why did they make that choice? Gay Conservatives examines why conservative LGBTs join political groups and support political candidates that not only don’t favor policies that benefit the LGBT community, but in some cases, advocate prejudicial policies. This thought-provoking book looks at the impact of “group consciousness” on conservative LGBTs and how it affects political power and social construction.

Gay Conservatives uses both quantitative and qualitative studies that center on conservative LGBTs within in the LGBT community, while using data collected on liberal LGBTs for comparison purposes. Log Cabin Republicans and StoneWall Democrats in several cities were interviewed and an online survey of more than 1,000 LGBTs was conducted by the Gill Foundation in an effort to understand the political identity of conservative LGBTs and how it fits into the bigger picture in the LGBT community. The book examines how—and why—conservative LGBT activity conflicts with the general interests of the community, including the “constitutional” rights of LGBT individuals to marry, whether LGBTs should be allowed to serve openly in the United States military, and whether state and local governments should play a more significant role in dealing with hate crimes directed at the LGBT community.

Topics discussed in Gay Conservatives include:

group consciousness and minority identity
pluralism
David Truman
the homosexual identity stages
the history of the gay liberation movement
creating a group identity
the Mattachine Society
Stonewall
the impact of AIDS
the rise of “Queer Nation”
the difficulties of “coming out”
and much more

Gay Conservatives is an enlightening and educational read for anyone interested in politics and the political behavior of voters in the United States. Read less

Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Who Are Conservative LGBTs?
Questions
Terminology
Argument
Methodology
Purpose
Chapter 2. Review of Group Consciousness Theory
Pluralism
Political Behavior
Group Theory: Truman’s Legacy
Group Consciousness
The Homosexual Identity Stages
Group Consciousness and Minority Identity
Chapter 3. Evolution and Impact of the LGBT Liberation Movement
Creating a Group Identity: World War II—Origins of the Gay Movement
Delivery of New Radicalism: The Stonewall Rebellion
Combating AIDS: LGBT Activism
Assimilationists: The Beginnings of the Conservative LGBT Movement
Group Identification of Conservative LGBTs
Chapter 4. LGBT Group Consciousness
Difficulties of Coming Out (Rejection of Group Consciousness)
Questions
Interviews
The Instrument
Theory
Presentation of Data
Findings
Group Identity and Group Consciousness Findings
Conclusion
Chapter 5. LGBT Conservative Identity: Presentation of Data
Descriptive Differences
Descriptive Statistics
Binary Regression Results
Chapter 6. Reinventing Queer: Where Is the LGBT Community Headed?
Separation
Emancipation
Moralization
Assimilation
Reinvention
Appendix. Characteristics of the Sample
References
Index

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Kenneth W. Cimino

Gay Conservatives Group Consciousness and Assimilation

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