Stacy Braukman
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780813039824
- eISBN:
- 9780813043166
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813039824.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This chapter, covering 1957-58, analyzes the committee's tactics against the NAACP, as well as initial forays into the existence of homosexual teachers in Tampa and Gainesville.
This chapter, covering 1957-58, analyzes the committee's tactics against the NAACP, as well as initial forays into the existence of homosexual teachers in Tampa and Gainesville.
Stacy Braukman
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780813039824
- eISBN:
- 9780813043166
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813039824.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This chapter examines the 1959 purge of homosexual professors at the University of Florida and its aftershocks, and the changing approach by the Johns Committee toward civil rights activists ...
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This chapter examines the 1959 purge of homosexual professors at the University of Florida and its aftershocks, and the changing approach by the Johns Committee toward civil rights activists following the wave of sit-ins in 1960.Less
This chapter examines the 1959 purge of homosexual professors at the University of Florida and its aftershocks, and the changing approach by the Johns Committee toward civil rights activists following the wave of sit-ins in 1960.
Frederick V. Slocum
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780813036847
- eISBN:
- 9780813043999
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813036847.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This chapter provides an in-depth examination of how religion has acted as an extremely conservative device in the South, helping push the region from fealty to the Democratic Party to the GOP. It ...
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This chapter provides an in-depth examination of how religion has acted as an extremely conservative device in the South, helping push the region from fealty to the Democratic Party to the GOP. It addresses such hot-button issues as school prayer, public religious displays like the Ten Commandments, gay and lesbian rights, war, honor, terror, abortion, traditional and family values, “cultural defense,” and the conservative takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention. The chapter argues for southern distinctiveness. And it catalogues the roles of important Religious Right groups such as Focus on the Family, the Christian Coalition, the Moral Majority, Coral Ridge Ministries, and of individuals such as George W. Bush, Newt Gingrich, Tom DeLay, Strom Thurmond, and Jesse Helms.Less
This chapter provides an in-depth examination of how religion has acted as an extremely conservative device in the South, helping push the region from fealty to the Democratic Party to the GOP. It addresses such hot-button issues as school prayer, public religious displays like the Ten Commandments, gay and lesbian rights, war, honor, terror, abortion, traditional and family values, “cultural defense,” and the conservative takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention. The chapter argues for southern distinctiveness. And it catalogues the roles of important Religious Right groups such as Focus on the Family, the Christian Coalition, the Moral Majority, Coral Ridge Ministries, and of individuals such as George W. Bush, Newt Gingrich, Tom DeLay, Strom Thurmond, and Jesse Helms.
John Vincke, Ralph Bolton, and Rudi Bleys
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813034317
- eISBN:
- 9780813039312
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813034317.003.0014
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Social Groups
While Belgium is more or less accepting of same-sex sexuality, cases of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation have been documented. Young people still encounter difficulties when coming ...
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While Belgium is more or less accepting of same-sex sexuality, cases of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation have been documented. Young people still encounter difficulties when coming out. They show higher rates of suicide ideation and attempts than do their heterosexual counterparts. Nonetheless, the situation of gays and lesbians has improved substantially in the past couple of years, thereby potentially opening up opportunities for enhanced prevention programs for gay men with HIV infection. This chapter focuses on gay life in Belgium. In a study conducted by the authors in Belgium, older gay men are more convinced than younger gay men that engaging in sex currently is less safe when compared with the past. Those with a lower educational level were more likely to be optimistic about new HIV treatments. Overall, it was learned that about three out of five gay men were generally practicing safer sex.Less
While Belgium is more or less accepting of same-sex sexuality, cases of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation have been documented. Young people still encounter difficulties when coming out. They show higher rates of suicide ideation and attempts than do their heterosexual counterparts. Nonetheless, the situation of gays and lesbians has improved substantially in the past couple of years, thereby potentially opening up opportunities for enhanced prevention programs for gay men with HIV infection. This chapter focuses on gay life in Belgium. In a study conducted by the authors in Belgium, older gay men are more convinced than younger gay men that engaging in sex currently is less safe when compared with the past. Those with a lower educational level were more likely to be optimistic about new HIV treatments. Overall, it was learned that about three out of five gay men were generally practicing safer sex.
Faegheh Shirazi
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813033549
- eISBN:
- 9780813039589
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813033549.003.0006
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Middle Eastern Studies
Female sexuality is often seen through a narrow-minded perspective because of Islam's patriarchal structure. The notion that women would be engaged in securing relationships with other women has been ...
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Female sexuality is often seen through a narrow-minded perspective because of Islam's patriarchal structure. The notion that women would be engaged in securing relationships with other women has been rejected since the Qur'an does not state anything about such activities. Those who advocate patriarchy view this issue as something that is not worthy of serious consideration. This may, in no small part, be attributed to female physiology since there is no anatomical way that a woman may be able to penetrate another women. Muslim men have fostered a relatively limited conception of sexuality across history since this is conventionally perceived as an act of copulation regardless of “pleasure.” Although this male egocentrism is still prevalent, modern Islamic societies foster varied attitudes towards lesbian behavior.Less
Female sexuality is often seen through a narrow-minded perspective because of Islam's patriarchal structure. The notion that women would be engaged in securing relationships with other women has been rejected since the Qur'an does not state anything about such activities. Those who advocate patriarchy view this issue as something that is not worthy of serious consideration. This may, in no small part, be attributed to female physiology since there is no anatomical way that a woman may be able to penetrate another women. Muslim men have fostered a relatively limited conception of sexuality across history since this is conventionally perceived as an act of copulation regardless of “pleasure.” Although this male egocentrism is still prevalent, modern Islamic societies foster varied attitudes towards lesbian behavior.
Simone A. James Alexander
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- September 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780813049823
- eISBN:
- 9780813050249
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813049823.003.0003
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Cultural Studies
This chapter politicizes the female body using Lorde's personal, embodied experiences with breast cancer to articulate that the erasure of the female body constitutes “high crimes against the flesh.” ...
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This chapter politicizes the female body using Lorde's personal, embodied experiences with breast cancer to articulate that the erasure of the female body constitutes “high crimes against the flesh.” The assault on Lorde's flesh is two-fold, first, the state's (the Cancer Society) requirement that she normalizes her diseased body by donning prosthetic breasts after her mastectomy, and second, the obliteration of her lesbian identity, positing compulsory heterosexuality as the norm. Lorde's deviance, manifested in her sexual orientation—her lesbian identity—is criminalized even as she challenges the concept of the “deviant or criminalized body.” As a transnational subject, Lorde not only traverses multiple borders, but she also embodies multiple “incompatible” identities. In equal manner, Lorde's lesbian identity calls into question her right to citizenship.Less
This chapter politicizes the female body using Lorde's personal, embodied experiences with breast cancer to articulate that the erasure of the female body constitutes “high crimes against the flesh.” The assault on Lorde's flesh is two-fold, first, the state's (the Cancer Society) requirement that she normalizes her diseased body by donning prosthetic breasts after her mastectomy, and second, the obliteration of her lesbian identity, positing compulsory heterosexuality as the norm. Lorde's deviance, manifested in her sexual orientation—her lesbian identity—is criminalized even as she challenges the concept of the “deviant or criminalized body.” As a transnational subject, Lorde not only traverses multiple borders, but she also embodies multiple “incompatible” identities. In equal manner, Lorde's lesbian identity calls into question her right to citizenship.
Judith G. Poucher
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- September 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780813049939
- eISBN:
- 9780813050393
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813049939.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This book uses the stories of five citizens to illustrate the Johns Committee's bigotry and abuse of civil rights and civil liberties, namely its targeting of integrationists, Communists, gays and ...
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This book uses the stories of five citizens to illustrate the Johns Committee's bigotry and abuse of civil rights and civil liberties, namely its targeting of integrationists, Communists, gays and lesbians, and liberal teachers in Florida from 1956 to 1965. This account of Florida's “little McCarthyism,” beginning with the Committee's creator, Charley Johns, explores the context within which the Committee was formed; examines the background of its first target, Virgil Hawkins; and describes the Committee's strategy. The book moves on to tell the story of Hawkins’ defiance of the Committee through his lawsuit to integrate the University of Florida Law School, followed by the stories of four other Floridians who refused to cooperate with the Committee. Ruth Perry refused to turn over NAACP records to the Committee, and Sig Diettrich would not name gay professors at UF. G. G. Mock, despite being manacled in the nude and sent to prison, would not divulge the name of her girlfriend who was a schoolteacher. Margaret Fisher and her colleagues at the University of South Florida outsmarted the Committee, defended academic freedom, and dealt with the aftermath of the Committee's investigation. Ultimately, the Johns Committee exploited Cold War fears about integration, Communism, gays and lesbians, and liberal teachers for nine years. The cumulative defiance by Hawkins, Perry, Diettrich, Mock, and Fisher became part of a gathering momentum of resistance.Less
This book uses the stories of five citizens to illustrate the Johns Committee's bigotry and abuse of civil rights and civil liberties, namely its targeting of integrationists, Communists, gays and lesbians, and liberal teachers in Florida from 1956 to 1965. This account of Florida's “little McCarthyism,” beginning with the Committee's creator, Charley Johns, explores the context within which the Committee was formed; examines the background of its first target, Virgil Hawkins; and describes the Committee's strategy. The book moves on to tell the story of Hawkins’ defiance of the Committee through his lawsuit to integrate the University of Florida Law School, followed by the stories of four other Floridians who refused to cooperate with the Committee. Ruth Perry refused to turn over NAACP records to the Committee, and Sig Diettrich would not name gay professors at UF. G. G. Mock, despite being manacled in the nude and sent to prison, would not divulge the name of her girlfriend who was a schoolteacher. Margaret Fisher and her colleagues at the University of South Florida outsmarted the Committee, defended academic freedom, and dealt with the aftermath of the Committee's investigation. Ultimately, the Johns Committee exploited Cold War fears about integration, Communism, gays and lesbians, and liberal teachers for nine years. The cumulative defiance by Hawkins, Perry, Diettrich, Mock, and Fisher became part of a gathering momentum of resistance.
Judith G. Poucher
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- September 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780813049939
- eISBN:
- 9780813050393
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813049939.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
G. G. Mock was arrested in a local sting operation in Tampa during the Committee's hunt for gay and lesbian teachers. Despite being manacled in the nude and imprisoned, she defied the Johns ...
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G. G. Mock was arrested in a local sting operation in Tampa during the Committee's hunt for gay and lesbian teachers. Despite being manacled in the nude and imprisoned, she defied the Johns Committee and would not divulge the name of her teacher girlfriend.Less
G. G. Mock was arrested in a local sting operation in Tampa during the Committee's hunt for gay and lesbian teachers. Despite being manacled in the nude and imprisoned, she defied the Johns Committee and would not divulge the name of her teacher girlfriend.
