TY - BOOK AU - Gerald Walton PY - 2014 CY - New York, United States of America PB - Peter Lang Verlag SN - 1058-1634 SN - 9781453911754 TI - The Gay Agenda T2 - Claiming Space, Identity, and Justice DO - 10.3726/978-1-4539-1175-4 UR - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1051205 N2 - The «gay agenda» is a rhetorical strategy deployed by the religious right and other social conservatives to magnify fear and hostility of queers. Queers are accused, among other things, of strategizing to recruit children into sexually deviant lifestyles; dismantling family and marriage as cornerstones of civilization; and forcing the entertainment industry and court systems to do their bidding. Queers certainly do have an agenda but it is not the one that the religious right claims it is. It is to assert their presence in the public space; claim and name their identities; and strategize for social justice in law, schools, and workplaces. The Gay Agenda: Claiming Space, Identity, and Justice claims and reclaims the language of «agenda» and turns the rhetoric of the religious right on its ear. The contributors provide insightful and sharp commentary on gay agendas for human rights, marriage and family, cultural influences, schooling and education, and politics and law. KW - rhetorical strategy, fear, hostility, civilization, entertainment industry, human rights, family, education, law, religious right LA - English ER -