{"product_id":"outed","title":"Outed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story of the scandal in the LBJ administration that first brought queer life into the national political conversation in the 1960s.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1964, Lyndon B. Johnson's longest-serving and most trusted advisor, Walter Jenkins, was arrested for soliciting sex in a YMCA bathroom near the White House. The scandal blasted across the front pages of major US newspapers, was dissected and analyzed by the FBI, and became a watershed in making straight America aware of queer life. In \u003ci\u003eOuted\u003c\/i\u003e, historian Timothy Stewart-Winter reveals that the effects of antigay policing were felt not only by the men but by their colleagues, families, and, in this case, the First Family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalter Jenkins's political banishment had long-ranging effects, from how Johnson conducted the remainder of his presidency to how media coverage of political and sexual scandals became more explicit and salacious. Stewart-Winter reveals Jenkins's influence and legacy, encompassing but also looking beyond the scandal. Jenkins had a significant impact on Johnson's career and how it is remembered, including both his signal accomplishment--the programs and laws that constituted the Great Society--and his signal failure: his catastrophic judgment, after Jenkins's exile, regarding the Vietnam War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on Jenkins's previously unexamined personal papers, including hundreds of letters he received in the aftermath from ordinary Americans and government officials alike, Stewart-Winter shows how antigay policies and the revelations around them continue to reverberate today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":53025147715895,"sku":"9780226841021","price":32.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/9926\/1239\/files\/imageloader_5b6d1b01-3c3e-4577-a9b6-9c72f9badcd5.jpg?v=1790093096","url":"https:\/\/shop.queerbooks.com\/products\/outed","provider":"Philly AIDS Thrift @ Giovanni's Room","version":"1.0","type":"link"}