Special Issue: The Mediated Political and Cultural Battle Over LGBTQ Equality

Editorial:
Editor’s Introduction. -- Shawn Harmsen.

Guest Essay:
Reflections on the Recent History and Near Future of LGBTQ Scholarship. -- Lori Blachford.

Articles:
1) Saying Goodbye to Men: Southern Feminists Publishing News While Challenging Patriarchy. -- Jose Andres Araiza.
2) “Becoming Rather Than Being”: Queer’s Double-Edged Discourse as Deconstructive Practice. -- John Ike Sewell.
3) The Empathetic Meme: Situating Chris Crocker Within the Media History of LGBT Equality Struggles. -- D. Travers Scott.
4) Cracks in the Glass Slipper: Does It Really “Get Better” for LGBTQ Youth, or Is It Just Another Cinderella Story? -- Erica Ciszek.
5) What a Year! The Framing of Marriage Equality Through Media’s Selected Sources in 2013. -- Nathian Shae Rodriguez and Lindsey Blumell.