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in the Out in the South CopyrightedMaterial CopyrightedMaterial Out in the South EDITED BY Carlos L. Dews and Carolyn Leste Law TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PRESS PHILADELPHIA CopyrightedMaterial TempleUniversityPress,Philadelphia19122 Copyright©2001byTempleUniversity Allrightsreserved Published2001 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica l€ ThepaperusedinthispublicationmeetstherequirementsoftheAmerican NationalStandardforInformationSciences-PermanenceofPaperforPrinted LibraryMaterials,ANSIZ39.48-1984. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData OutintheSouth/ editedbyCarlosL.DewsandCarolynLesteLaw p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferences. ISBN1-56639-813-4(cl. :alk.paper)- ISBN1-56639-814-2(pbk. :alk.paper) 1. Gays-SouthernStates. 2. Gaymen-SouthernStates. 3. Lesbians- SouthernStates. 4· Homosexuality-SouthernStates. 1. Dews,CarlosL., 1963- . II. Law,CarolynLeste,1961- HQ76.3.U52.S276 2001 306·76'6'0975-dC21 00-037706 CopyrightedMaterial Contents Acknowledgments vii INTRODUCTION 1 Carolyn Leste Law Part I: Claiming Queer Space in a Hostile Place EMMETT'S STORY: RUSSELL COUNTY, ALABAMA 9 Joseph Beam OUT IN THE MOUNTAINS: EXPLORING LESBIAN AND GAY LIVES 16 Kate BlackandMarcA. Rhorer CLAIMING SPACE IN THE SOUTH: A CONVERSATION AMONG MEMBERS OF ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER LESBIAN, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDERED NETWORK OF ATLANTA 26 Patti Duncan WOMEN'S FESTIVALS ON THE FRONT LINES 56 BonnieJ. Morris RACE AND GAY COMMUNITY IN SOUTHERN TOWN 72 David Knapp Whittier Part II: Striking Out/Striking Back LEAVING THE CONFEDERATE CLOSET 97 BonnieR. Strickland BLACK GAY MEN AND WHITE GAY MEN: A LESS THAN PERFECT UNION 115 Charles I. Nero CopyrightedMaterial VI CONTENTS SAME DIFFERENCE: MY SOUTHERN QUEER STORIES 127 Donna Smith TENNESSEE WILLIAMS DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE: HYPOCRISY, PARADOX, AND HOMOSEXUAL PANIC IN THE NEW/ OLD SOUTH 144 James R. Keller Part III: Representing Queer Lives in Public Space GREETINGS FROM OUT HERE: SOUTHERN LESBIANS AND GAYS BEAR WITNESS TO THE PUBLIC SECRET 159 R. Bruce Brasell LOOKING FOR A CITY: THE RITUAL AND POLITICS OF ETHNOGRAPHY 173 EdwardR. Gray FROM SOUTHERN BAPTIST BELLE TO BUTCH (AND BEYOND) 185 LauraMilner "LINES I DARE": SOUTHERN LESBIAN WRITING 204 Mab Segrest MYTH AND REALITY: THE STORY OF GAY PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH 229 Jim Grimsley AFTERWORD 236 Carlos L. Dews About theContributors 241 CopyrightedMaterial Acknowledgments Thank you to Deborah Burlison and Linda Uebelsteadt for their patient assistance; the faculty, staff, and administrators at the University ofWest Florida for their sup port and encouragement; and MichaelAmes at TempleUniversityPress for sharing ourenthusiasmforthisproject.Mostofall,thankstoDianaSwanson,whosesupport neverfalters, and to William Lamar PolkIII for arriving along with the idea for this book. CopyrightedMaterial CopyrightedMaterial Out in the South CopyrightedMaterial

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In this book gays and lesbians from the Deep South to East Texas and Appalachia speak from vivid personal experience and turn an analytical eye on the South and its culture. Some contributors examine the power of traditional Southern attitudes toward race and religion, and consider the ''don't ask,

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