Come out and stay out

I've been working for the past few weeks (okay, two) on research for a paper I'm writing on the exclusion of LGB people (or, as Congress says, "homosexuals") from the U.S. through immigration laws. These exclusions were in place until 1990, when Congress changed the immigration law (removing the "psychopathic personality" section) and even arguably until 2003, when Lawrence v. Texas confirmed that sodomy laws were unconstitutional.

It's been pretty interesting. I've been reading (sometimes re-reading) books and articles on gay history. John D'Emilio has prose as crisp and tart as a cider apple.