ABSTRACT

The law is one of the primary means through which sexuality is constructed, monitored and controlled. In this much needed book, Carl Stychin provides a critical examination of the relationship between law and sexual orientation in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. The author exposes the connection between the law and sexual control through an exploration of key questions of current interest and controversy. He examines the motivations behind legal restrictions, and the impact on sexual subcultures and dominant society.

chapter |10 pages

Introduction

chapter |27 pages

1 Identities, Sexualities, And The Postmodern Subject

An analysis of funding by the National Endowment for the Arts

chapter |21 pages

3 The Porn Wars

Feminism and the regulation of gay male pornography

chapter |23 pages

7 Unmanly Diversions

The construction of the homosexual body (politic) in law