Paper Summary:

This paper presents a research proposal to compare points of view of the current generation of homosexuals and lesbians with those of the older generation to see what the different concerns may be and to consider why these changes have come to pass. The paper makes the assumption that the position of gays in American society has changed over the last three decades or so and that much of the militancy in the gay community has been successful enough to achieve greater acceptance, a reduction in discrimination (at least in most communities), and that the concerns that come to the fore today are different from those that were given most emphasis in the same community in the past.


Table of Contents:
Abstract
The Problem and Its Components
Introduction
Problem Background
Literature Review
Purpose of the Study
Research Questions and Hypotheses
Limitations/Delimitations
Definitions
Importance of the Study
Review of Literature
Methodology
Procedures
Data Processing and Analysis

From the Paper:

"One of the major changes for the younger generation over the generation from the 1960s and 1970s is the spread of AIDS. In many cases, AIDS serves as an impetus and rationale for controlling marginal groups and dangerous behaviors and provides society with the opportunity to expand and rationalize control over a broad range of psychological phenomena and interpersonal behaviors. Social control today involves dispersed centers and agents of surveillance and discipline throughout the whole community (as occurs with workplace drug testing)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Barak, G., Flavin, J., & Leighton, P. (2001). Class, Race, Gender and Crime: Social Realities of Justice in America. Los Angeles: Roxbury Publishing.
• Blendon, R.J. & Donelan, K. (1988, October). Discrimination against people with AIDS: The Public's Perspective. New England Journal of Medicine, 1022-1026.
• Escobar, J.M. (1988). Anti-sodomy laws violate the right to privacy. In D.L. Bender and B. Leone. Civil liberties: opposing viewpoints. St. Pau. Minnesota: Greenhaven Press.
• Henry, S. (1991, November 11). Redlining people with AIDS. The Nation, 582-584.
• Kanouse, David E., Sandra H. Berry, E. Michael Gorman, Elizabeth M. Yano, and Sally Carson, Response to the AIDS Epidemic. Santa Monica: Rand corporation, 1991.

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