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Sexual Entitlement: Rights and AIDS, The Early Years *
Author(s) -
BRIGHAM JOHN
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
law and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.534
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-9930
pISSN - 0265-8240
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9930.1994.tb00125.x
Subject(s) - entitlement (fair division) , politics , identity (music) , law , political science , sociology , criminology , gender studies , economics , physics , mathematical economics , acoustics
While traditionally social scientists saw politics as an independent force acting on law, today it seems appropriate to also view law as an agent in the construction of political identities, aspirations and tactics. Here, the AIDS epidemic illuminates this relationship. Soon after AIDS was identified, the cities of San Francisco and San Diego moved to close the gay baths as breeding grounds for the disease. The struggle over that policy reveals how law enters into the debates within the homosexual community, and at least partially constitutes individual identity in that community.