Bibliography of works on the United States military and LGBT+ topics

Bibliography of works on the United States military and LGBT+ topics is a list of non-fiction literary works on the subject of the United States Armed Forces and LGBT+ subjects. LGBT+ includes any types of people which may be considered "Queer"; in other words, homosexual people, bisexual people, transgender people, intersex people, androgynous people, cross-dressers, questioning people and others.

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General

Herbert, Melissa S. (2000). Camouflage Isn't Only for Combat: Gender, Sexuality, and Women in the Military. NYU Press. ISBN 978-0814735480.
Polchar, Joshua; Sweijs, Tim; Marten, Philipp; Galdiga, Jan (2014). LGBT Military Personnel: A Strategic Vision for Inclusion. The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies. ISBN 978-9491040931.

Shrader, Angela; Casero, Kellie; Casper, Bethany; Kelley, Mary; Lewis, Laura; Calohan, Jess. Military Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Awareness Training for Health Care Providers Within the Military Health System. Sage Publications.

Sexuality

Bateman, Geoffrey; Belkin, Aaron (2003). Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Debating the Gay Ban in the Military. Lynne Rienner Publishers. ISBN 978-1588261465.

Bérubé, Allan (2010). Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World War II (20th Anniversary ed.). The University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0807871775.
Burrelli, David F. (2010). Homosexuals and the U. S. Military: Current Issues. CRS report for Congress. Diane Publishing. ISBN 978-1437923292.

Burrelli, David F.; Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service (2011). "Don't Ask, Don't Tell": The Law and Military Policy on Same-Sex Behavior. CRS report for Congress. Diane Publishing. ISBN 978-1437922639.

Canaday, Margot (2011). The Straight State: Sexuality and Citizenship in Twentieth-Century America. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691149936.

Carney, Ralph M.; Jobe, Jared B.; Herek, Gregory M. (1996). Out in Force: Sexual Orientation and the Military. Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender, and Culture. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226400488.

Estes, Steve (2009). Ask and Tell: Gay and Lesbian Veterans Speak Out (2nd ed.). Univ of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0807889855.

Gershick, Zsa Zsa (2005). Secret Service: Untold Stories of Lesbians in the Military. Alyson Books. ISBN 978-1555837488.

Halley, Janet E. (1999). Don't: A Reader's Guide to the Military's Anti-gay Policy. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0822323174.

Loftin, Craig M. (2012). Masked Voices: Gay Men and Lesbians in Cold War America. Suny Series in Queer Politics and Cultures. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-1438440163.

Loverde, Anthony (2010). A Silent Force: Men and Women Serving Under Don't Ask, Don't Tell. AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1452074351.

McGowan, Jeffrey (2007). Major Conflict: One Gay Man's Life in the Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell Military. Crown/Archetype. ISBN 978-0307419118.

Merritt, Rich (2017). Secrets of a Gay Marine Porn Star. Kensington. ISBN 978-0806538358.

Pyle, Bryan; Wise, Joseph E.; Ritchie, Elspeth Cameron (2017). Gay Mental Healthcare Providers and Patients in the Military: Personal Experiences and Clinical Care. Springer. ISBN 978-3319660264.

Rimmerman, Craig A. (1996). Gay Rights, Military Wrongs: Political Perspectives on Lesbians and Gays in the Military. Routledge. ISBN 978-1135638337.

Shawver, Lois (1995). And the Flag was Still There: Straight People, Gay People, and Sexuality in the U.S. Military. Haworth gay & lesbian studies (2nd ed.). Psychology Press. ISBN 978-1560249092.

Shilts, Randy (2005). Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the U.S. Military (New ed.). St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0312342647.

Schultz, Tammy S.; Huffman, J Ford (2012). The End of Don't Ask, Don't Tell: The Impact in Studies and Personal Essays by Service Members and Veterans. Government Printing Office. ISBN 978-0160915581.

Scott, Wilbur J.; Stanley, Sandra Carson (1994). Gays and Lesbians in the Military: Issues, Concerns, and Contrasts. Social Problems and Social Issues. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 978-0202366227.

Seba, Jaime A. (2014). Gay Issues and Politics: Marriage, the Military, & Work Place Discrimination. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1422296745.

Seefried, Josh (2011). Our Time: Breaking the Silence of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". Penguin. ISBN 978-1101563052.

Wharton, James (2013). Out in the Army: My Life as a Gay Soldier. Biteback Publishing. ISBN 978-1849546188.

Wolinsky, Marc; Sherrill, Kenneth (1993). Gays and the Military: Joseph Steffan versus the United States. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1400821044.

Zeeland, Steven (2014). Barrack Buddies and Soldier Lovers: Dialogues With Gay Young Men in the U.S. Military. Haworth Gay and Lesbian Studies. Routledge. ISBN 978-1317765028.

Zeeland, Steven (2013). Sailors and Sexual Identity: Crossing the Line Between "Straight" and "Gay" in the U.S. Navy. Routledge. ISBN 978-1136589775.

Homosexuals in the Military: Policies and Practices of Foreign Countries. Diane Publishing. 1993. ISBN 978-0788115554.

Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America. 2009.

Witt, Margaret (2017). Tell: Love, Defiance, and the Military Trial at the Tipping Point for Gay Rights. ISBN 978-1611688429.

Snyder-Hill, Stephen (2014). Soldier of Change: From the Closet to the Forefront of the Gay Rights Movement. ISBN 978-1612346977.

Parco, James E.; Levy, David A. (2013). Evolution of Government Policy Towards Homosexuality in the US Military: The Rise and Fall of DADT. ISBN 978-0415816038.

Nicholson, Alexander (2012). Fighting to Serve: Behind the Scenes in the War to Repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". ISBN 978-1613743720.

Seefried, Josh (2011). Our time : breaking the silence of "Don't ask, don't tell". ISBN 978-1594203312.

Araiza, William D.; Woods, Daniel J. (2011). Understanding the Repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell. ISBN 978-0314276537.

Lemer, Bronson (2011). The last deployment : how a gay, hammer-swinging twentysomething survived a year in Iraq. ISBN 978-0299282141.

Lehring, Gary (2003). Officially gay : the political construction of sexuality by the U.S. military. ISBN 1592130348.

Transgender

Beck, Kristen; Speckhard, Anne (2013). Warrior Princess: A U.S. Navy Seal's Journey to Coming Out Transgender. Advances Press. ISBN 978-1935866435.

Borja, Terry (2018). Teaching Case: Transgender Sailors, Leadership Challenges, and Ethical Dilemmas. Kindle.

Naval Postgraduate School (2015). Transgender in the U.S. Military: Policies, Problems, and Prospects. ISBN 978-1505320879.

United States Department of Defense (2016). Transgender Service in the U.S. Military: An Implementation Handbook. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1539570639.

United States Department of Defense (2019). Department of Defense Report and Recommendations On Military Service by Transgender Persons. Kindle.

Intersex

Gordon, Joan; Gordon, Mel (2017). Pulaski: The Forgotten Hero of Two Worlds. BookBaby. ISBN 978-1543921335.

Cross-dressing

Blanton, DeAnne; Cook Wike, Lauren (2003). They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the American Civil War (2nd ed.). Vintage. ISBN 978-1400033157.

Cohen, Daniel A. (1998). "The Female Marine" and Related Works: Narratives of Cross-Dressing and Urban Vice in America's Early Republic. University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 978-1558491243.

Cohen, Daniel A (1994). The 'Female marine' in an era of good feelings: Cross dressing and the 'genius' of Nathaniel Coverly, Jr. American Antiquarian Society. ISBN 978-0944026519.

Cook Burgess, Lauren; Wakeman, Sarah (1996). An Uncommon Soldier: The Civil War Letters of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, alias Pvt. Lyons Wakeman, 153rd Regiment, New York State Volunteers, 1862-1864. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195102437.
Cooper, Hilary Roxanne Godette (2006). Cross-dressing Confederates and Unsexed Unionists: Women Soldiers in Disguise as Men in the American Civil War. University of North Carolina.

Cordell, M. R. (2016). Courageous Women of the Civil War: Soldiers, Spies, Medics, and More. Women of Action. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 978-1613732007.

Eggleston, Larry G. (2003). Women in the Civil War: Extraordinary Stories of Soldiers, Spies, Nurses, Doctors, Crusaders, and Others. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786414932.

Enss, Chris; Chartier, JoAnn (2016). Soldier, Sister, Spy, Scout: Women Soldiers and Patriots on the Western Frontier. Two Dot Books. ISBN 978-1493023394.

Ford, Carin T. (March 1, 2013). Women of the Civil War Through Primary Sources. Enslow Pub Inc. ISBN 978-0766041288.

Gansler, Laura (2007). The Mysterious Private Thompson: The Double Life of Sarah Emma Edmonds, Civil War Soldier. Bison Books. ISBN 978-0803259881.

Hall, Richard (1993). Patriots in Disguise: Women Warriors of the Civil War. Paragon House. ISBN 978-1557784384.

Hall, Richard (2006). Women on the Civil War Battlefront. University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0700614370.

Harriel, Shelby (2019). Behind the Rifle: Women Soldiers in Civil War Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1496822017.

Kneib, Martha (2004). Women Soldiers, Spies, and Patriots of the American Revolution. American Women at War. Rosen Pub Group. ISBN 978-0823944545.

Leonard, Elizabeth D. (1999). All the Daring of the Soldier: Women of the Civil War Armies. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0393335477.

McPherson, Marcus (2015). Women Soldiers in the Civil War: 26 True Stories of Female Soldiers Who Fought in the Bloodiest American War. Amazon Digital Services LLC.

Middleton, Lee (1993). Hearts of Fire – Soldier Women of the Civil War: With an Addendum on Female Reenactors. Vol. 1. University of Wisconsin – Madison. ISBN 978-1882755004.

Monson, Marianne (2018). Women of the Blue and Gray: True Stories of Mothers, Medics, Soldiers, and Spies of the Civil War. Shadow Mountain. ISBN 978-1629724157.

Reit, Seymour (2001). Behind Rebel Lines: The Incredible Story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War Spy. Great Episodes. HMH Books for Young Readers. ISBN 978-0152164270.

Sears, Clare (2005). "A Dress Not Belonging to His Or Her Sex": Cross-dressing Law in San Francisco, 1860-1900. University of California.

Silvey, Anita (2008). I'll Pass For Your Comrade: Women Soldiers in the Civil War. Clarion Books. ISBN 978-0618574919.

Tsui, Bonnie (2006). She Went to the Field: Women Soldiers of the Civil War. TwoDot. ISBN 978-0762743841.

Velazquez, Loreta (2003). The Woman in Battle: The Civil War Narrative of Loreta Janeta Velazques, Cuban Woman and Confederate Soldier. Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0299194246.

Young, Alfred F. (2004). Masquerade: The Life and Times of Deborah Sampson, Continental Soldier. Knopf. ISBN 978-0679441656.

Female Wartime Crossdressers in the American Civil War. General Books LLC. 2012. ISBN 978-1234663421.

Androgyny

Browdy, Jennifer (2018). Women in Combat: Honoring the Androgynous in Human Nature. Transition Times.

Dyvik, Synne L. (2016). Gendering Counterinsurgency: Performativity, Embodiment and Experience in the Afghan 'Theatre of War'. Routledge. ISBN 978-1317438397.

Hecker, William (2003). The Androgynous Warrior: An Examination of Gender Blending in Twain's Military Heroes. Penn State University Press.

Huffman, Ann H. (2014). Gender Roles in a Masculine Occupation: Military Men and Women's Differential Negotiation of the Work–Family Interface. Springer.

Morgan, Erin (2007). Masculinity and Femininity in the Corps. JSTOR.
Van Gilder, Bobbi J. (2018). Femininity as Perceived Threat to Military Effectiveness: How Military Service Members Reinforce Hegemonic Masculinity in Talk. Western Journal of Communication.

Waller, Phoebe (2016). A Brief History Of Women In Menswear Proves Androgyny Isn't Just A New Trend. Bustle.

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Further Reading: Transgender Soldiers

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Bibliography
Overall	LGBT veterans healthcare Section 8
Sexual orientation	Ban on sodomy repeal Newport sex scandal Blue discharge Executive Order 10450 Crittenden Report Don't ask, don't tell United States v. Marcum (C.A.A.F. 2004)
Transgender	Ban on service 2017 Memo 2018 Memo Doe v. Trump Stone v. Trump Karnoski v. Trump Stockman v. Trump
Intersex people	Ban on "hermaphroditism"
Organizations	Knights Out Veterans Benevolent Association American Military Partner Association Blue Alliance Servicemembers United USNA Out American Veterans for Equal Rights Transgender American Veterans Association
Works on subject	Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the U.S. Military Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America Coming Out Under Fire OutServe Magazine
See also	LGBT people and military service
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