Department of English, Carroll University, Waukesha, WI, USA.
J Homosex. 2012;59(9):1230-58. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2012.720503.
Any analogy between race and homosexuality cannot erase the fact that skin color has marked and continues to mark bodies for special punishment and necessary protection. Yet, the analogy has also been forged in the struggles against sexual discrimination and in the courts to recognize same-sex marriage as a basic civil right. My purposes here are, first, to review the role the race-sexual orientation analogy has played in same-sex marriage debates, second to examine the analogy within the context of race and queer theories and, finally, to suggest a racial dimension to sexuality that marks the homosexual body.
种族和同性恋之间的任何类比都无法抹去这样一个事实，即肤色已经并将继续为特殊惩罚和必要保护标记身体。然而，这种类比也在反对性歧视的斗争中以及在法庭上得到了印证，承认同性婚姻是一项基本公民权利。我在这里的目的首先是回顾种族-性取向类比在同性婚姻辩论中所扮演的角色，其次是在种族和酷儿理论的背景下考察这种类比，最后是提出一个标志同性恋身体的性的种族维度。
