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Mainstreaming Gay Marriage: Gay Rights Activist Discourses and the Same-Sex Marriage Debate |
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In this paper, I report on in-depth interviews designed to capture the views and experiences of U.S. gay and lesbian social movement actors who worked with the news media in shaping the same-sex marriage debate. I analyze activist discourses about gay marriage to reveal how these social actors produced the issue in an effort to transform media stories and images of gay and lesbian life. I also examine how activists critiqued news media constructions of the gay marriage issue, revealing the challenges they faced in attempting to advocate for their cause within the confines of a commercialized media system. This project is ultimately concerned with what the onslaught of media attention surrounding the same-sex marriage issue has meant for the modern gay rights movement, and for LGBT representations more generally. I critically analyze the ways in which becoming the focus of the mainstream news media can potentially reshape the movement, ultimately impacting the strategies activists use to reach their “straight allies.” |
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| Moscowitz, Leigh. "Mainstreaming Gay Marriage: Gay Rights Activist Discourses and the Same-Sex Marriage Debate" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, TBA, San Francisco, CA, May 23, 2007 <Not Available>. 2009-05-24 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p171707_index.html> |
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| Moscowitz, L. , 2007-05-23 "Mainstreaming Gay Marriage: Gay Rights Activist Discourses and the Same-Sex Marriage Debate" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, TBA, San Francisco, CA Online <PDF>. 2009-05-24 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p171707_index.html |
Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: In this paper, I report on in-depth interviews designed to capture the views and experiences of U.S. gay and lesbian social movement actors who worked with the news media in shaping the same-sex marriage debate. I analyze activist discourses about gay marriage to reveal how these social actors produced the issue in an effort to transform media stories and images of gay and lesbian life. I also examine how activists critiqued news media constructions of the gay marriage issue, revealing the challenges they faced in attempting to advocate for their cause within the confines of a commercialized media system. This project is ultimately concerned with what the onslaught of media attention surrounding the same-sex marriage issue has meant for the modern gay rights movement, and for LGBT representations more generally. I critically analyze the ways in which becoming the focus of the mainstream news media can potentially reshape the movement, ultimately impacting the strategies activists use to reach their “straight allies.” |
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| Mainstreaming Gay Marriage 1 Mainstreaming Gay Marriage: Gay Rights Activist Discourses and the Same-Sex Marriage Debate Submission to Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Studies International Communication Association San Francisco California May 2007 Mainstreaming Gay Marriage 2 In the office suite of the gay and lesbian rights organization Freedom to Marry I sat patiently awaiting my first interview to begin. Across the table from me sat Samiya the organization’s young communications director who was riffling through the paperwork I had sent |
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