Interrogating Homonormativity : Gay Men, Identity and Everyday Life

Acknowledgements
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
The Shape of Things to Come
References
Chapter 2: Contextualising Homonormativity
Contextualising Homonormativity
The New Homonormativity
Beyond the New Homonormativity
References
Chapter 3: Forsaking all others? Same-Sex Marriage and the Politics of Everyday Life
I do (but should I?): The promises and pitfalls of marriage equality
“Stop Fucking Around”: The Homonormative Argument for Marriage
Questioning the Pursuit of Same-Sex Marriage (Legislation)
Marriage, Property and Financial Benefits
Marriage and Relational Rights
Marriage and Politics
Queering the Knot: Gay Men’s Reasons for Marrying
Public Recognition
The Privileged and the Political
‘Dropping the H-bomb’: The language of married life.
On (not) being a (real) husband
Beyond the Dyad
Conclusion
References
Chapter 4: Conditional Acceptance: British Attitudes Towards Homonormativity in the Context of PrEP
The “Wonder Drug”: Introducing PrEP as a Public Good
Pills (but no) Thrills
Passing the Buck
Suffer Little Children
Privatising PrEP
Cost/Benefit?
Conclusion: Framing (Homo)Normativity
References
Chapter 5: ‘Kindness is Our Preference’: Hook-Up Apps As Technologies of Polite Incivility
Kindness is Our Preference
The Hidden Labour of Content Moderation
The Cultural Politics of Platform Design
“You’re Cancelled”: The Politics of Blocking
Polite Incivility
Conclusion
References
Websites
Chapter 6: Something for the Weekend? Nostalgia, Vulnerability and Discipline in Chemsex Heterotopias
Chemsex in Context
Moving Towards Chemsex
Spaced Out: The Geographies of Chemsex
Chemsex Heterotopia
Crossing the Threshold
After the Party
Fucking with History
References
Film
Chapter 7: Marching to a Different Tune: Inside the Corporate Sponsorship of LGBTQ Lives
Reflections on Pride
Employee Resource Groups
Employee Benefits and Mutual Investments
Net Gains: Corporate Benefits of Pride Participation
A View from the Sidelines: Corporations and Community
The Privatisation of Activism
Marching to a Different Tune
Commodifying the Whole Self
References
Chapter 8: Conclusion: Reflections on Homonormativity
Reflection One: Homonormativity is (even more) relevant today.
Reflection Two: Homonormativity Increasingly Frames Public Attitudes Towards Gay Men
Reflection Three: Homonormativity Frames Gay Men’s (Use of) Space
Where We Go from Here: The Vanishing Point of Homonormativity
References
Index