"Using popular culture, political time, critical race theory, and queer theory, this book explores how LGBT people were transformed in the post-WWII era from dangerous perverts who threatened family and state, to military heroes and respectable married couples and parents"--

Susan Burgess is Distinguished Professor Emerita of Political Science at Ohio University and a Senior Professional Lecturer at DePaul University. She is the author and co-editor of many books including LGBTQ Politics: A Critical Reader and Radical Politics in the United States.