Growing Up Gay in the South: Race, Gender, and Journeys of the Spirit (Paperback)

Contents Foreword Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Peering Through Prisms of Sexual Rebels Vantage Point I: Homosexuality and the Religious South Chapter 2: White Churches: The Southern Baptists and the Fundamentalists Vince and the True Tones Chapter 3: Black Churches and Sects: The African Methodists and the Jehovah’s Witnesses Malcolm and the Young Pioneers Vantage Point II: Homosexuality and Southern Communities Chapter 4: “White Trash” and Female in a Southern Community Norma Jean, ROTC, and the Live Oak Tree Chapter 5: A Gentle-man in a Southern Community Royce and the Rockview Country Club Chapter 6: Black or Gay in a Southern Community Jacob and the Bus Boycott Vantage Point III: Homosexuality and Southern Families Chapter 7: Questioning Authority in a Southern Black Family Obie and the Breaking of Ties Chapter 8: Honoring and Carrying on the Family Name Terry and the Two Tux Prom Vantage Point IV: Gender and Sexuality: Being and Behaving Queer in the South Chapter 9: The Kids Cory and the Little Redneck Hell-Raisers Chapter 10: The Outcasts Alston and the Rocky Horror Picture Show Chapter 11: The Tomboys Everetta and the Cinderella Complex Vantage Point V: Sexuality and Adolescence: Peers, Queers, and Fears Chapter 12: Relationships Olivia and the Silenced Relationships Chapter 13: Peers Phillip, Edith, and the Three Musketeers Chapter 14: Educators Brett and the Baseball Bat Chapter 15: On Homosexual Communities, Identities, and Culture: Journeys of the Spirit Appendix: Research Methods, Methodological Issues, and Participant Data