A groundbreaking work that turns a “queer eye” on the criminal
legal system, Queer (In)Justice is a searing examination of
queer experiences—as “suspects,” defendants, prisoners, and
survivors of crime. The authors unpack queer criminal archetypes—like
“gleeful gay killers,” “lethal lesbians,” “disease
spreaders,” and “deceptive gender benders”—to illustrate the
punishment of queer expression, regardless of whether a crime was
ever committed. Tracing stories from the streets to the bench to
behind prison bars, they prove that the policing of sex and gender
both bolsters and reinforces racial and gender inequalities.
