Bisexuality

In this paper I explore the emergence of two distinct Western cultures, gay and straight, emerging in the late 19th century and then developing through the first half of the 20th century until gay liberation in the late 1960s when the establishment of gay and lesbian “ethnic style” communities strengthened the heterosexual/homosexual dichotomy. I argue that the establishment of these two separate and recognisable cultures problematises social and cultural identities for those who are neither exclusively gay nor exclusively straight as well as those for whom desire is not primarily determined by gender. Moreover, challenges to the seeming naturalness of this dichotomy, primarily through poststructural queer theory and bisexuality, are met with resistance from both gay and straight communities. The tensions of trying to live bisexual lives between cultures for ordinary men often lead to a choice of attachment to either gay or straight culture and consequent silencing of bisexual desire. To illustrate my argument, in terms of negotiating lives between two cultures, I will use selected stories from my PhD research on men who have sex with men

Argument (complex analysis · Art · Homosexuality · Lesbian · Literature · Negotiation · Queer · Queer theory · Resistance (ecology · Social science · Sociology · Style (visual arts · Gender Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology

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