Heretical Queers: Gay Participation in Anti-Gay Institutions

摘要: This dissertations examines gay participation in anti-gay institutions, notably the Roman Catholic Church and Republican Party. Using a comparative ethnographic approach, I explore Dignity, group for Catholics, Log Cabin Republicans, Republicans to understand how members cope with dual marginalization they encounter both Church/Republican Party LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) Community. demonstrate that participants these groups are simultaneously of dominant subordinate populations draw on their racial, gender, class based privilege deal experience. Accordingly, this dissertation shows systems inequality replicated within Community