ABSTRACT
BERNADETTE BARTON, PhD Department o f Sociology, Social Work and Criminology, Morehead State University,
Morehead, Kentucky, USA
The author would like to thank Kathleen M. Blee, Charles H. Combs, Ashley Currier, Shondrah Tarrezz Nash, Patricia K. Jennings, Merri Lisa Johnson, Eric Swank, Clarenda Phillips, Jeffrey A. Jones, Ric Caric, Anna L. Blanton, Misty Dyer and the members of the Queer Studies Working Group at Texas A & M, College Station for thoughtful feedback on this project. She would also like to acknowledge the Institute for Regional Analysis and Public Policy, Research and Creative Productions and the Department of Sociology, Social Work and Criminology at Morehead State University for generously supporting of this study.
