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Getting queer priorities straight

Isaac West, Michaela Frischherz, Allison Panther, and Richard Brophy (Iowa): Queer Worldmaking in the “It Gets Better” Campaign. Nan D. Hunter (Georgetown): Civil Rights 3.0. Leonore Carpenter (Temple): Getting Queer Priorities Straight: How Direct Legal Services Can Democratize Issue Prioritization in the LGBT Rights Movement. From The Jury Expert, Alexis Forbes on a (short) primer on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) culture in America. The Passion of Dan Choi: He was the poster boy for the movement to repeal “don’t ask, don’t tell” — now what? Michael Sam jerseys outselling NFL's No. 1 draft pick. The gay tipping point: Nico Lang on why Derrick Gordon's coming out matters. Rebecca J. Rosen on a remarkably frank examination of LGBT issues during the transformative decade between Stonewall and AIDS. Nathan McDermott on the myth of gay affluence. Jeremy W. Peters on the decline and fall of the “H” word: For many gays and lesbians, the term “homosexual” is flinch-worthy. William Kremer on the evolutionary puzzle of homosexuality. Opposites attract: The first chapter from Queer Excursions: Retheorizing Binaries in Language, Gender, and Sexuality, ed. Lal Zimman, Jenny Davis, and Joshua Raclaw. Katherine Bucknell on Aldous Huxley and Christopher Isherwood: Writing the script for gay liberation. A psychology test from 1936 claims to use science to tell how gay you are. Close down the gay movement — if it’s all about handing out gold stars or scarlet letters to CEOs and celebrities. The Sacha Baron Cohen of journalism: Tobias Barrington Wolff on how Jo Becker's Forcing the Spring might just be an elaborate attempt to punk her audience.