The Straight State: Sexuality and Citizenship in Twentieth-Century America (Politics and Society in Modern America)
Explores how federal policies on immigration, the military, and welfare shaped sexual citizenship and marginalized gay Americans throughout the twentieth century.
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The Straight State examines the role of federal institutions in defining and regulating sexuality in modern America.
Margot Canaday traces how policies on immigration, the military, and welfare helped construct categories of sexual citizenship.
The book reveals the ways government practices contributed to the marginalization of gay men and lesbians over several decades.
Through extensive archival research, it shows the emergence of a distinctly American system of sexual regulation.
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