The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions is a beloved queer utopian text written by Larry Mitchell with lush illustrations by Ned Asta. Part-fable, part-manifesto, the book takes place in Ramrod, an empire in decline, and introduces us to the communities of the faggots,…
The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions is a beloved queer utopian text written by Larry Mitchell with lush illustrations by Ned Asta. Part-fable, part-manifesto, the book takes place in Ramrod, an empire in decline, and introduces us to the communities of the faggots,…
"Palm Springs, California, is today probably the most famous gay and lesbian resort in the world. Not only do thousands of gays and lesbians descend on the place for annual spring celebrations, but the city boasts a homosexual population of over 40%, and the second mayor in a ro…
"This open access book examines the significance of gay neighborhoods (or gayborhoods) from critical periods of formation during the gay liberation and freedom movements of the 1960s and 1970s, to proven durability through the HIV/AIDS pandemic during the 1980s and 1990s, to a m…
This open access book examines the significance of gay neighborhoods (or gayborhoods) from critical periods of formation during the gay liberation and freedom movements of the 1960s and 1970s, to proven durability through the HIV/AIDS pandemic during the 1980s and 1990s, to a ma…
"Drag Queens and Beauty Queens is the portrait of the gay community in Atlantic City seen through the lens of two beauty pageants, the iconic Miss America Pageant and its drag counterpart, the Miss'd America Pageant. Both originated and evolved in this oldest of America's resort…
Pageants and pageantry -- Atlantic City, drag culture, and a community of practice -- New York avenue: where the party began -- Camp and the queering of Miss America -- Show us your shoes, not your midriffs. "Drag Queens and Beauty Queens is the portrait of the gay community in…
"Drag Queens and Beauty Queens is the portrait of the gay community in Atlantic City seen through the lens of two beauty pageants, the iconic Miss America Pageant and its drag counterpart, the Miss'd America Pageant. Both originated and evolved in this oldest of America's resort…
"Drag Queens and Beauty Queens is the portrait of the gay community in Atlantic City seen through the lens of two beauty pageants, the iconic Miss America Pageant and its drag counterpart, the Miss'd America Pageant. Both originated and evolved in this oldest of America's resort…
Introduction -- Conceptualizing sexual migration -- The many Mexican worlds of male same-sex desires -- The contours of sexual migration -- A gay culture of migration? -- Departures and crossings -- Finding gay San Diego -- Immigrant sexual citizenship -- Shifting sexualities an…
When we think of sex and migration, we tend to assume that the sexually oppressed (sexual minorities) opt to move to a place where they can find sexual liberation. Here we have a book about gay Mexicans moving to the U.S., but the narrative is not a simple one, not a story merel…
Hector Carrillo brings us into the lives of Mexican gay men who have left their home country to pursue greater sexual autonomy and sexual freedom in the United States. The groundbreaking ethnography brings our attention to the full arc of these men's migration experiences, from …
When we think of sex and migration, we tend to assume that the sexually oppressed (sexual minorities) opt to move to a place where they can find sexual liberation. Here we have a book about gay Mexicans moving to the U.S., but the narrative is not a simple one, not a story merel…
With Pathways of Desire, Héctor Carrillo brings us into the lives of Mexican gay men who have left their home country to pursue greater sexual autonomy and sexual freedom in the United States. The groundbreaking ethnographic study brings our attention to the full arc of these me…
When we think of sex and migration, we tend to assume that the sexually oppressed (sexual minorities) opt to move to a place where they can find sexual liberation. Here we have a book about gay Mexicans moving to the U.S., but the narrative is not a simple one, not a story merel…
