Foreword. Thinking Sex and Justice / Trevor Hoppe  ix
Introduction. The War on Sex / David M. Halperin  1
Part I. The Politics of Sex
1. The New Pariahs: Sex, Crime and Punishment in America / Roger N. Lancaster  65
2. Sympathy for the Devil: Why Progressives Haven't Helped the Sex Offender, Why They Should, and How They Can / Judith Levine  126
3, Queer Disavowel: "Controversial Crimes" and Building Abolition / Owen Daniel-McCarter, Erica R. Meiners, and R Noll  174
4. A New Iron Closet: Failing to Extend the Spirit of Lawrence v. Texas to Prison and Prisoners / J. Wallace Borchert  191
5. Seeing the Sex and Justice Landscape through the Vatican's Eyes: The War on Gender and the Seamless Garmet of Sexual Rights / Mary Anne Case  211
Part II. The Invention of the Sex Offender
6. Sex Panic, Psychiatry, and the Expansion ofthe Carceral State / Regina Kunzel 229
7. The Creation of the Modern Sex Offender / Scott de Orio  247
8. For What They Might Do: A Sex Offender Exception to the Constitution / Laura Mansnerus  268
Part III. Sex Work and the  Trouble with Trafficking
9. The "Hooker Teacher" Tell All / Melissa Petro  291
10. Carceral Politics as Gender Justice? The "Traffic in Women" and Neoliberal Circuits of Crime, Sex, and Rights / Elizabeth Bernstein  297
11. California's Proposition 35 and the Trouble with Trafficking / Carol Queen and Penelope Saunders  323
Part IV. Making HIV a Crime
12. HIV: Prosecution or Prevention? HIV is Not a Crime / Sean Strub  347
13. HIV Monsters: Gay Men, Criminal Law, and the New Political Economy of HIV / Gregory Tomso  353
14. HIV Care as Social Rehabilitation: Medical Governance, the AIDS Surveillance Industry, and Therapeutic Citizenship Neoliberal Taiwan / Hans Tao-Ming Huang   378
Part V. Resistance
15. The New War on Sex: A Report from the Global Front Lines/ Maurice Tomlinson  409
16. Building a Movement for Justice: Doe v. Jindal and the Campaign Against Louisiana's Crime Against Nature Statute / Alexis Agathocleous  429
17. Bringing Sex to the Table of Justice / Amber Hollibaugh  454
Afterword. How You Can Get Involved / Trevor Hoppe  461
Contributors  465
Index  469

Jay Borchert

Mary Anne Case

Scott De Orio

Amber L. Hollibaugh

Hans Tao-Ming Huang

Regina Kunzel

Roger N. Lancaster

Judith Levine

Laura Mansnerus

Erica Meiners

Carol Queen

Sean Strub

Maurice Tomlinson

Gregory Tomso

"Interdisciplinary in scope and inclusive of activist voices from outside the academy, the book is an essential introduction to a struggle for self-determination and sexual self-assertion that has been occurring behind mainstream social movements’ focus on dignity and respectability.... [A]n urgent, well-argued agenda...." — Ben Miller, Lambda Literary Review

"This is an illuminating, often disturbing book, handling some extremely touchy subjects...." — Perry Brass, Huffington Post

"[A]n ambitious and provocative collection of essays.... The political credentials of many contributors to this volume show that much can be achieved in the face of overwhelming odds, and serve as a model for blending scholarship with civic engagement." — Dan Udy, Times Literary Supplment

"The editors have done a valuable service putting together these 17 rigorous pieces that, collectively, paint a grim picture of the nation’s sexual culture.... It’s a valuable book meant for an academic audience, a useful resource for one’s bookcase to draw upon when considering a truly troubling dimension of sex and contemporary life: the criminalization of sex." — David Rosen, New York Journal of Books

"At a moment when Queer Studies in the United States has turned its attention away from sex to matters considered more pressing, The War on Sex appears as a welcome reminder of the urgent work that remains to be done. . . . A thoroughly researched, expertly edited collection of substantial scholarly contributions . . . With meticulous documentation and persuasive argumentation, the various chapters of The War on Sex combine to tell a powerful story." — Tim Dean, European Journal of American Culture

"Interdisciplinary in scope and inclusive of activist voices from outside the academy, the book is an essential introduction to a struggle for self-determination and sexual self-assertion that has been occurring behind mainstream social movements’ focus on dignity and respectability.... [A]n urgent, well-argued agenda...." —Ben Miller, Lambda Literary Review

"This is an illuminating, often disturbing book, handling some extremely touchy subjects...." —Perry Brass, Huffington Post

"[A]n ambitious and provocative collection of essays.... The political credentials of many contributors to this volume show that much can be achieved in the face of overwhelming odds, and serve as a model for blending scholarship with civic engagement." —Dan Udy, Times Literary Supplment

"The editors have done a valuable service putting together these 17 rigorous pieces that, collectively, paint a grim picture of the nation’s sexual culture.... It’s a valuable book meant for an academic audience, a useful resource for one’s bookcase to draw upon when considering a truly troubling dimension of sex and contemporary life: the criminalization of sex." —David Rosen, New York Journal of Books

"At a moment when Queer Studies in the United States has turned its attention away from sex to matters considered more pressing, The War on Sex appears as a welcome reminder of the urgent work that remains to be done. . . . A thoroughly researched, expertly edited collection of substantial scholarly contributions . . . With meticulous documentation and persuasive argumentation, the various chapters of The War on Sex combine to tell a powerful story." —Tim Dean, European Journal of American Culture

"Recent events just keep confirming, all too dismally, that the issues this collection takes up—from sex offender registries and sex trafficking to HIV in public health—link together as a major front of struggle in our time, often far from public view. Questioning some of the narratives of progress that are so widely echoed in the media and popular consciousness, The War on Sex will immediately meet the needs of academics and activists alike." — Michael Warner, author of, Publics and Counterpublics

"Containing essays from some of the most insightful scholars and activists working on the front lines, The War on Sex is a vital tool for understanding how the regulation and criminalization of sex relate to our vital struggles in racial, economic, gender, and disability justice. Full of thoughtful, carefully researched essays, The War on Sex will support readers in classrooms and social movements to understand and strategize about the relationships among sex, criminalization, poverty, disability, and contemporary politics. We need this book right now." — Dean Spade, author of, Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law

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