This work presents an authoritative guide to the new gay visibility. Combining personal stories with incisive analysis, Suzanna Danuta Walters chronicles this historic moment in our culture, arguing that we live in a time when gays are seen but not necessarily known.

AcknowledgmentsProloguePart One: It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times1. The Love That Dares to Speak Its Name: The Explosion of Gay Visibility2. Pride and Prejudice: The Changing Context of Gay VisibilityPart Two: A Kiss Is Just a Kiss3. Ready for Prime Time? TV Comes Out of the Closet4. Dossier on Ellen5. All Gay, All the Time?Part Three: Coming Soon To a Theater Near You6. Hiding, Dying, and Dressing-Up7. Out Is In: Liberal Narratives for the NinetiesPart Four: In the Family Way8. Wedding Bell Blues: Imagining Marriage9. Mom, I've Got Something to Tell You: The Coming-Out Story in the Age of Visibility10. It Takes a Lesbian Village to Raise a Child: Parenting PossibilitiesPart Five: Money Makes the World Go Round11. Consuming Queers: Advertising and the Gay Market12. If It's Pink We'll Sell It: Gay EntrepreneurshipConclusion: Beyond Visibility (Welcome to Our Rainbow World)NotesBibliographyIndex