"This important study is both an analysis of and a call to an involved politics. It opens the door to a far-reaching dialogue." —Martin Duberman, Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, The City University of New York "It is in the process of coming out...Blasius argues, that lesbians and gay men create themselves—as new subjects, as the producers of new ... Read moretruth, and as agents of social change. Blasius gives a coherent account that ties together all these processes—from coming out to the emergence of lesbian and gay studies-and goes on to show the 'ethical' contribution that lesbians and gay men make to contemporary American society." —Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review "An engaging book that intelligently explores a range of possibilities in human relations." —George Kateb, Department of Politics, Princeton University Show Less