Gay rights, military wrongs : political perspectives on lesbians and gays in the military / edited by Craig A. Rimmerman.

Brief bio-bibliographical notes on contributors: p. ix-xi.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface / Margarethe Cammermeyer -- Introduction / Craig A. Rimmerman -- Race-ing and gendering the military closet / Francine D'Amico -- Echoes of prejudice: the debates over race and sexuality in the armed forces / David Ari Bianco -- Military women: casualties of the armed forces' war on lesbians and gay men / Michelle M. Benecke and Kirstin S. Dodge -- Promise unfulfilled: Clinton's failure to overturn the military ban on lesbians and gays / Craig A. Rimmerman -- President Clinton, public opinion, and gays in the military / Clyde Wilcox and Robin M. Wolpert -- The perils of congressional politics / David M. Rayside -- Seeking another forum: the courts and lesbian and gay rights / Richard Pacelle -- The spectacle of life and death: feminist and lesbian/gay politics in the military / Mary Fainsod Katzenstein -- Conduct unbecoming continues: the first year under "don't ask, don't tell, don't pursue" / C. Dixon Osburn and Michelle M. Benecke -- Constructing the 'other' soldier: gay identity's military threat / Gary L. Lehring -- Appendix A. Margarethe Cammermeyer v. Les Aspin -- Appendix B. Margarethe Cammermeyer v. William J. Perry.