Acknowledgments * Introduction: The Path to Reform * Out of the Shadows and into Parades * Fears of a Petticoat Regime: Character and Education in the United States * Postwar Hysteria: The Red Menace and Lavender Lads * Oranges, Banana Cream, and Beauty Queens: The Fight over Gay Teachers Comes out of the Closet * Homosexuality Enters the Classroom: Shining a Light on the Problem * Reforms Go Public * Pulpits, Pink Triangles, and Basement Meetings: Private Schools Join the Movement * Teaching, Learning, and Moving up the Hierarchy: School Leadership Joins the Movement * Promises, Promises: The Movement Goes Political * An Enormous Pressure to Succeed: From Promises, Promises to a Statewide Policy * The Massachusetts Model Goes Nationwide * Now What? * Acronyms and Abbreviations * Notes * Index.