Media Queered is a groundbreaking assessment of minorities and the media. Authorities including Larry Gross, Edward Alwood, Lisa Henderson, and Marguerite Moritz join several new scholars to examine four aspects of visibility: history, expertise, popularity, and technology. To supplement this research, media practitioners including journalists working in the gay and mainstream press contribute a unique series of interludes. The first is by Studs Terkel, who interviewed founders of the U.S. homophile movement. Written for scholars, students, and instructors of media and gender studies, Media Queered is also accessible for general readers intrigued by the recent flowering of queer characters, themes, and images in popular culture. Media Queered is a groundbreaking assessment of minorities and the media. Authorities including Larry Gross, Edward Alwood, Lisa Henderson, and Marguerite Moritz join several new scholars to examine four aspects of visibility: history, expertise, popularity, and technology. To supplement this research, media practitioners including journalists working in the gay and mainstream press contribute a unique series of interludes. The first is by Studs Terkel, who interviewed founders of the U.S. homophile movement. Written for scholars, students, and instructors of media and gender studies, Media Queered is also accessible for general readers intrigued by the recent flowering of queer characters, themes, and images in popular culture. Preface xi Visibility as Paradox: Representation and Simultaneous Contrast 1(22) Kevin G. Barnhurst Part I. Monsters No More Introduction. Progress and Representation 23(4) John D'Emilio A Gift of Gab: How Independent Broadcasters Gave Gay Rights Pioneers a Chance to Be Heard 27(18) Edward Alwood The Man without a Face: Homosexuality, Homophobia, and Homoerasure 45(12) Bruce Henderson And Baby Makes Three . . .: Gay Men, Straight Women, and the Parental Imperative in Film and Television 57(32) James Allan Interlude A. The Brass Check and Thomas Paine 73(10) Studs Terkel Part II. Flaming and Fashioning Introduction. Queer Markets 83(6) Deirdre McCloskey Professional Homosexuals: The Politics of Sexual Identification in Gay and Lesbian Media and Marketing 89(18) Katherine Sender Insiders--Outsiders: Dr. Laura and the Contest for Cultural Authority in LGBT Media Activism 107(18) Vincent Doyle Israeli Gay Men's Consumption of Lesbigay Media: ``I'm Not Alone . . . in This Business'' 125(40) Amit Kama Interlude B. Commentaries and Reactions 143(18) Tracy Baim Jason DeRose Deborah Kadin Ellen Meyers Laura Kipnis Part III. Radical Decoder Rings Introduction. Queer Change Agents 161(4) Jaime Hovey A Case of Whorephobia? 165(16) Gavin Jack Say I Do: Gay Weddings in Mainstream Media 181(16) Marguerite Moritz Queer Visibility and Social Class 197(34) Lisa Henderson Interlude C. Talking Gay 217(8) Todd Mundt Part IV. Queers in Cyberspace Introduction. Queer on Line 225(6) Steve Jones Privacy, Surveillance, or Visibility: New Information Environments in the Light of Queer Theory 231(12) David J. Phillips Queering Race in Cyberspace 243(18) Han N. Lee Gideon, Who Will Be Twenty-five in the Year 2012: Growing Up Gay Today 261(18) Larry Gross Contributors 279(4) Index 283