Sex, lies and politics
Subtitle: gay politicians in the press
By: Donna Smith
Publisher: Sussex Academic Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Portland, Or
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781845194567
Subjects: Gay legislators; Homosexuality; Gay politicians; Press coverage; Press and politics; History
Notes: A study of how gay MPs in the UK are represented in newspapers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The press, the personal and news values; title: Issues of public and private; title: Unifying key themes; title: Histories of homosexuality: definition and discrimination; title: Private lives, public consequences: representation pre-1980; title: Immoral sexuality, moralistic press coverage: representation 1980-1990; title: Histories of homosexuality: the (slow) advancement of gay equality; title: Scurrilous politicians, scandalous stories: representation 1990-1997; title: Public life, public pressures: representation post-1997.