Ex-gay rhetoric and the politics of sexuality: The Christian antigay/pro-family movement's "Truth in love" ad campaign

Fetner, T

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dc.contributor.author	Fetner, T	-
dc.date.accessioned	2017-02-13T21:49:06Z	-
dc.date.available	2017-02-13T21:49:06Z	-
dc.date.issued	2005	-
dc.identifier.other	http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J082v50n01_04	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J082v50n01_04	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11375/21101	-
dc.description.abstract	In 1998, a coalition of anti gay, pro-family activist organizations published a set of full-page print advertisements in several nationally recognized newspapers. These ads promoted sexual ("ex-gay") conversion therapy for homosexuals. I examine these advertisements as a contest over cultural symbols and values, and over the very definition of lesbian and gay identity. This discursive contest had the potential to impact activist politics greatly, but this impact was mitigated significantly by a similar set of ads produced in response by an opposing movement: the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender movement. The interactive dynamics between opposing movements impact the political field in which activists on each side pursue their goals.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Taylor & Francis (Routledge)	en_US
dc.subject	opposing movements	en_US
dc.subject	lesbian and gay rights	en_US
dc.subject	LGBT movement	en_US
dc.subject	pro-family movement	en_US
dc.title	Ex-gay rhetoric and the politics of sexuality: The Christian antigay/pro-family movement's "Truth in love" ad campaign	en_US
dc.type	Preprint	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Sociology	en_US
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