Marriage and the Homosexual Body

It's About Race

Bibliographic Data

ID3629781
AuthorsDeirdre Keenan (Carroll University, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume59
Issue9
Pages1230-1258
Publication date2012-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00918369.2012.720503
PMID23101495
OpenAlexW1992314002
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited11

Any analogy between race and homosexuality cannot erase the fact that skin color has marked and continues to mark bodies for special punishment and necessary protection. Yet, the analogy has also been forged in the struggles against sexual discrimination and in the courts to recognize same-sex marriage as a basic civil right. My purposes here are, first, to review the role the race-sexual orientation analogy has played in same-sex marriage debates, second to examine the analogy within the context of race and queer theories and, finally, to suggest a racial dimension to sexuality that marks the homosexual body

Analogy · Context (archaeology) · Criminology · Epistemology · Homosexuality · Human sexuality · Punishment (psychology) · Queer · Race (biology) · Sexual orientation · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Legal and Constitutional Studies · Legal Systems and Judicial Processes · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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