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For a generation of gay men who came of age in the 1980s and 1990s,
becoming sexually active meant confronting the dangers of catching
and transmitting HIV. In the 21st century, however, the
development of viral suppression treatments and preventative pills
such as PrEP and nPEP has massively reduced the risk of acquiring
HIV. Yet some of the stigma around gay male promiscuity and
bareback sex has remained, inhibiting open dialogues about sexual
desire, risk, and pleasure.  A Pill for
Promiscuity brings together academics, artists, and
activists—from different generations, countries, ethnic
backgrounds, and HIV statuses—to reflect on how gay sex has
changed in a post-PrEP era. Some offer personal perspectives on the
value of promiscuity and the sexual communities it fosters, while
others critique unequal access to PrEP and the increased role Big
Pharma now plays in gay life. With a diverse group of contributors
that includes novelist Andrew Holleran, trans scholar Lore/tta
LeMaster, cartoonist Steve MacIsaac, and pornographic film director
Mister Pam, this book asks provocative questions about how we might
reimagine queer sex and sexuality in the 21st century.Â
American Homo offers a sweeping interpretation of the political,
cultural and economic struggles of lesbian, gay and bisexual people
to reveal how sexual minorities have challenged and changed
American society. These provocative essays by long-time activist,
writer, and theorist Jeffrey Escoffier tracks the lesbian and gay
movements across the contested terrain of American political life.
Starting from an urban subculture created by stigmatized and
invisible men and women, LGBT movements have had to negotiate the
historical tension between the homoeroticism that courses through
American culture and virulent outbreaks of homophobic populism.
Escoffier explores how every new success-whether it's civil rights,
marriage, or cultural recognition-also enables new disciplinary and
normalizing forms of domination, and why only the active exercise
of democratic rights and participation in radical coalitions allows
LGBT people to sustain both the benefits of community and the
freedom of sexual perversity.
For a generation of gay men who came of age in the 1980s and 1990s,
becoming sexually active meant confronting the dangers of catching
and transmitting HIV. In the 21st century, however, the
development of viral suppression treatments and preventative pills
such as PrEP and nPEP has massively reduced the risk of acquiring
HIV. Yet some of the stigma around gay male promiscuity and
bareback sex has remained, inhibiting open dialogues about sexual
desire, risk, and pleasure.  A Pill for
Promiscuity brings together academics, artists, and
activists—from different generations, countries, ethnic
backgrounds, and HIV statuses—to reflect on how gay sex has
changed in a post-PrEP era. Some offer personal perspectives on the
value of promiscuity and the sexual communities it fosters, while
others critique unequal access to PrEP and the increased role Big
Pharma now plays in gay life. With a diverse group of contributors
that includes novelist Andrew Holleran, trans scholar Lore/tta
LeMaster, cartoonist Steve MacIsaac, and pornographic film director
Mister Pam, this book asks provocative questions about how we might
reimagine queer sex and sexuality in the 21st century.Â
The Gayborhood: From Sexual Liberation to Cosmopolitan Spectacle
explores the lived experiences of LGBT+ persons in an era of
heightened visibility. Gay urban enclaves, known colloquially as
gayborhoods, illustrate the evolution of LGBT+ political capacity
building. Since their emergence after World War II, gayborhoods
have homogenized at the expense of women, transgender, and nonwhite
persons due to neoliberal policies promoted by urban planners.
Thus, their popularization and economic vitality correlate with a
loss of collective identity and space for some inhabitants. While
gayborhoods were once diverse and inclusive spaces that rejected
normative institutions of marriage and assimilation into dominant
society, the stakeholders of these areas have now unashamedly
aligned themselves with conformity and profitability to legitimize
their existence. The contributors within The Gayborhood invite
readers to reflect on the future of LGBT+ politics and look beyond
the commercialized rainbow spectacle of gayborhoods to the
communities and aspirations within.
The Gayborhood: From Sexual Liberation to Cosmopolitan Spectacle
explores the lived experiences of LGBT+ persons in an era of
heightened visibility. Gay urban enclaves, known colloquially as
gayborhoods, illustrate the evolution of LGBT+ political capacity
building. Since their emergence after World War II, gayborhoods
have homogenized at the expense of women, transgender, and nonwhite
persons due to neoliberal policies promoted by urban planners.
Thus, their popularization and economic vitality correlate with a
loss of collective identity and space for some inhabitants. While
gayborhoods were once diverse and inclusive spaces that rejected
normative institutions of marriage and assimilation into dominant
society, the stakeholders of these areas have now unashamedly
aligned themselves with conformity and profitability to legitimize
their existence. The contributors within The Gayborhood invite
readers to reflect on the future of LGBT+ politics and look beyond
the commercialized rainbow spectacle of gayborhoods to the
communities and aspirations within.
Hardcore pornographic films combine fantasy and real sex to create
a unique genre of entertainment. Pornographic films are also
historical documents that give us access to the sexual behavior and
eroticism of different historical periods. This book shows how the
making of pornographic films is a social process that draws on the
fantasies, sexual scripts, and sexual identities of performers,
writers, directors, and editors to produce sexually exciting videos
and movies. Yet hardcore pornographic films have also created a
body of knowledge that constitutes, in this digital age, an
enormous archive of sexual fantasies that serve as both a form of
sex education and self-help guides. Sex, Society, and the Making of
Pornography focuses on sex and what can be learned about it from
pornographic representations.
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