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Informationen zum Autor Authored by Guter, Bob; Killacky, John R Klappentext Queer Crips: Disabled Gay Men and Their Stories reverberates with the sound of "cripgay" voices rising to be heard above the din of indifference and bias! oppression and ignorance. This unique collection of compelling first-person narratives is at once assertive! bold! and groundbreaking! filled with characters--and character. Through the intimacy of one-on-one storytelling! gay men with mobility and neuromuscular disorders! spinal cord injury! deafness! blindness! and AIDS! fight isolation from society--and each other--to establish a public identity and a common culture. To view an excerpt online! find the book in our QuickSearch catalog at www.HaworthPress.com. Zusammenfassung A collection of compelling first person narratives is at once assertive, bold, and groundbreaking, filled with characters - and character. Gay men with mobility and neuromuscular disorders, spinal cord injury, deafness, blindness, and AIDs, fight society, and each other, to establish a public identity and a common culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis About the Editors Contributors Preface Acknowledgments Two Performance Pieces Hustlers: A Buyer’s Guide Sticks and Stones Disability Made Me Do It, or Modeling for the Cause Nasty Habits Piano Bar But I Don’t Like You Like That Working It Out Boy Scout of America Rolling On (from Chapter 3) Careening Toward Kensho: Ruminations on Disability and Community Repetitions How to Find Love with a Fetishist Loving You Loving Me A Meeting with George Dureau Face Value: Text for a Performance Piece Acting for Others, Acting for Myself A Wedding Celebration My Dictionary on Dicks Four Poems On Being (Un)Representative: In Memory of Barbara and Daniel Alone in the Crowd Love Is All Around: My Life As a Married Crip The Boy I Used To Be Homo on the Range Dancing Toward the Light Three Poems Becoming Daddy’s Boy The Cripple Liberation Front Marching Band Blues (Chapter 6) Night Murmurs Beginner’s Sex Queer Ducks: An Unlikely Romance It’s All in the Eye: A Deaf Gay Man Remembers His Icons Gawking, Gaping, Staring Destination Bent: The Story Behind a Cyber Community for Gay Men with Disabilities ...
