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Community Development Journal 2007 42(2):270-272; doi:10.1093/cdj/bsm003
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Are We Thinking Straight? The Politics of Straightness in a Lesbian and Gay Social Movement Organization

Catherine Jean Nash

Daniel K Cortese, Routledge, New York and London, 2006, ISBN 9780415977012, ISBN-10 0415977010, 228 pp, £50.00

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Daniel Cortese's book, ‘Are we thinking straight: The politics of straightness in a lesbian and gay social movement organization’ examines the political strategies of the USA organization, the Straight and Gay Alliance (SAGA), and its efforts to promote ‘safe schools’ for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans youth (LGBT). The book's main focus is on how SAGA deploys the involvement of ‘straight’ or heterosexually-identified individuals as part of SAGA's public political agenda. As a national organization with numerous local chapters across the United States, SAGA encourages parents, teachers and students to work together to ensure that schools actively protect LGBT students from homophobic . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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