Preface / Margarethe Cammermeyer
Introduction / Craig A. Rimmerman
Race-ing and gendering the military closet / Francine D'Amico
Echoes of prejudice: the debates over race and sexuality in the armed forces / David Ari Bianco
Military women: casualties of the armed forces' war on lesbians and gay men / Michelle M. Benecke and Kirstin S. Dodge
Promise unfulfilled: Clinton's failure to overturn the military ban on lesbians and gays / Craig A. Rimmerman
President Clinton, public opinion, and gays in the military / Clyde Wilcox and Robin M. Wolpert
The Perils of congressional politics / David M. Rayside
Seeking another forum: the courts and lesbian and gay rights / Richard Pacelle
The Spectacle of life and death: feminist and lesbian/gay politics in the military / Mary Fainsod Katzenstein
Conduct unbecoming continues: the first year under 'don't ask, don't tell, don't pursue' / C. Dixon Osburn and Michelle M. Benecke
Constructing the 'other' soldier: gay identity's military threat / Gary L. Lehring
Appendix A. Margarethe Cammermeyer v. Les Aspin
Appendix B. Margarethe Cammermeyer v. William J. Perry.