ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the ways sickness and wellness have shaped the experiences of LGBTQ individuals and communities from 1880–2015. In this history, sickness and wellness work as malleable medical concepts as well as political constructs deployed by doctors, legal actors, society at large, and LGBTQ individuals to exert power and inform social norms of sexuality and gender that simultaneously complement and/or complicate social norms around race, class, nationality, and ability.
