US Public Schools and the Politics of Queer Erasure

This book presents a history of queer erasure in the US public school system, from the 1920s up until today. By focusing on specific events as well as the context in which they occurred, Lugg presents a way forward in improving school policies for both qu

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DOI: 10.1057/9781137535269.0001

The Cultural and Social Foundations of Education The Palgrave Pivot series on the Cultural and Social Foundations of Education seeks to understand educational practices around the world through the interpretive lenses provided by the disciplines of philosophy, history, sociology, politics, and cultural studies. This series focuses on the following major themes: democracy and social justice, ethics, sustainability education, technology, and the imagination. It publishes the best current thinking on those topics, as well as reconsideration of historical figures and major thinkers in education.

Series editor: A.G. Rud is Distinguished Professor in the College of Education of Washington State University, USA.

Titles include: Ted Newell FIVE PARADIGMS FOR EDUCATION Foundational Views and Key Issues Craig A. Cunningham SYSTEMS THEORY FOR PRAGMATIC SCHOOLING Toward Principles of Democratic Education Aaron Stoller KNOWING AND LEARNING AS CREATIVE ACTION A Reexamination of the Epistemological Foundations of Education Sue Ellen Henry CHILDREN’S BODIES IN SCHOOLS Corporeal Performances of Social Class Nataly Z. Chesky and Mark R. Wolfmeyer PHILOSOPHY OF STEM EDUCATION A Critical Investigation

DOI: 10.1057/9781137535269.0001

US Public Schools and the Politics of Queer Erasure Catherine A. Lugg Professor of Education, Rutgers— The State University of New Jersey, USA

DOI: 10.1057/9781137535269.0001

us public schools and the politics of queer erasure Copyright © Catherine A. Lugg 2016

Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2016 978-1-137-53525-2 All rights reserved. First published in 2016 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978-1-137-53526-9 PDF ISBN: 978-1-349-71026-3 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress. A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. www.palgrave.com/pivot DOI: 10.1057/9781137535269

For Mary D. Aun Quite simply, for everything

DOI: 10.1057/9781137535269.0001

Contents

vi

Series Editor’s Preface

vii

Personal Acknowledgements

ix

Formal Acknowledgements

xi

Introduction

1

1 Before the American Psychiatric Association (APA)

9

2 Liberation and Restigmatization

26

3 The Turbulent 1990s and 2000s

47

4 Coming Out into a Hostile World: The Politics of Adult Queer Visibility and Power

68

5 Does it Get Better? The Ongoing Political War against Queer Youth with Jason P. Murphy

84

6 Life after O