Here is an entry I was asked to write on the topic of “‘Homosexuality’ and Social Theory” which covers how mainstream social theory constructs heterosexism, the problems with ‘deviance,’ the limitations of ‘homophobia,’ challenges to eurocentrism in theorizing about queer and trans struggles, and more.
From The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory, Publisher John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The home page of the encyclopedia is at Wiley Online Library: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com