Gays and the Military : : Joseph Steffan versus the United States / / ed. by Kenneth Sherrill, Marc Wolinsky.
In April 1987 Joseph C. Steffan, one of the ten highest ranking midshipmen in his class at the U.S. Naval Academy, and only six weeks from graduation, was denied his diploma and forced to resign his commission because he answered "Yes, sir" to the question, "I'd like your word, a...
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [1993] ©1994 |
Year of Publication: | 1993 |
Edition: | Core Textbook |
Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- A NOTE ON STYLE
- INTRODUCTION
- Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
- On the History of Social Attitudes toward Homosexuality from Ancient Greece to the Present
- On the Use of the Term "Homo" as a Derogatory Epithet
- On Homosexual Orientation as an Immutable Characteristic
- On Gay People as a Politically Powerless Group
- On Prejudice toward Gay People and Gays as Security Risks
- On the Ability of Gay People to Perform Well in the Military
- On Other Nations' Policies toward Gays in the Military
- Department of Justice
- Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
- On Recent Developments in the Field of Brain Research
- Judge Oliver Gasch
- TABLE OF CASES
- NOTES
- INDEX