ABSTRACT

Sexual Justice defends a robust a robust conception of lesbian and gay rights, emphasizing protection against discrimination and recognition of queer relationships and families. Synthesizing materials from law, philosophy, psychoanalysis and literature, Kaplan argues that sexual desire is central to the pursuit of happiness: equal citizenship requires individual freedom to shape oneself through a variety of intimate associations.

part |68 pages

Principles

chapter |34 pages

Theorizing Lesbian and Gay Rights

Liberty, Equality, and Community 1

chapter |32 pages

Historicizing Sexuality

Forms of Desire and the Construction of Identities 1

part |69 pages

Psyches

chapter |33 pages

Eros Unbound

A Queer Reading of Plato's Symposium 1

chapter |33 pages

Psychoanalyzing the “Third Sex”

Homosexuality, Sexual Difference, and Fantasy 1

part |28 pages

Politics

chapter |26 pages

Refiguring the Jewish Question

Hannah Arendt, Political Equality, and Social Difference 1

chapter |29 pages

Queer Citizenship

Thoreau's “Civil Disobedience” and the Ethics of Self-making 1

chapter |32 pages

Intimacy and Equality

The Question of Lesbian and Gay Marriage 1