A thesis and an outline on Sexual Citizenship. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide. An abstract is required. Discuss how the notion of sexual citizenship differs from Freudian and Foucaldian concepts of Sexual identity. Identity- whether based on race, gender, ethnicity, ability, or sexuality – has emerged during the last half-century as one of the most difficult problems for contemporary theory and politics. The concept of identity has been brought under philosophical scrutiny, as identity politics has fallen in and out of favor. Sexual identity, however, has proven especially divisive, fraught with questions and rhetoric about choice and destiny, nature and nurture, essentialism and social construction, morality and legislation. At a practical level, sexual identity is a core concern for lesbian and gay outsiders since the decision about whether, when, to whom, or with whom to identify as lesbian or gay often has far-ranging social and political implications. At the philosophical level, it is one of the major issues of the day. Luce Irigaray has this to say about the philosophical importance of sexual difference: Sexual difference is one of the major philosophical issues, if not the issue, of our age. According to Heidegger, each age has one issue to think through, and one only. Sexual difference is probably the issue in our time which could be our “salvation” if we thought it through.