Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
1 Introduction Kenneth Oldfield Richard Greggory Johnson III 1
2 Class, Sexuality, and Academia Andrea R. Lehrermeier 7
3 Middle-Class Drag Renny Christopher 25
4 From the Altar Boy's Robes to the Professor's Cap and Gown: The Journey of a Gay, Working-Class Academic Timothy J. Quain 47
5 One in Ten: Teaching Tolerance for (Class) Difference, Ambiguity, and Queerness in the Culture Classroom Denis M. Provencher 63
6 Flying the Coop: Liberation through Learning Nancy Ciucevich Story 83
7 No More Rented Rooms Bonnie R. Strickland 101
8 Escape from the Bronx: The Making of an Unlikely Leader Richard Greggory Johnson III 115
9 My First Closet Was the Class Closet Felice Yeskel 131
10 One Bad Lecture Away from Guarding a Bank: Identity as a Process Michallene McDaniel 149
11 Becoming (Almost) One of Those "Damn, New York, Pinko Intellectuals" Donald C. Barrett 171
12 Weaving the Self with Gender: Uniting Race, Sexual Orientation, and Social Class Terell P. Lasane 195
13 Possibilities Angelia R. Wilson 211
14 Hate Is Not a Family Value Susan E. Borrego 223
List of Contributors 247
Index 251
