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A same-sex attraction for soldiers and sailors spans the globe and predates the term "homosexual" by several thousand years. But these days "military chasers" are likely to be seen as doubly incorrect. Most are gay men who pursue straight men. And, many of them do it in public. What continues to motivate so many men to brave arrest, violence, and the scorn of gay leaders who condemn any non-gay homosexual desire as "internalized homophobia?"In Military Trade, Steven Zeeland, author of Sailors and Sexual Identity, The Masculine Marine, and Barrack Buddies and Soldier Lovers, brings together an edgy, enlightening, and richly entertaining collection of voices with a passion for servicemen, including:
-- a TV talk-show host who pimped Marines to Hollywood stars
-- a heavy metal superstar who dreams of being reincarnated as a Marine boot
-- a "gay man trapped in a woman's body" who seduces Marines online then dominates them in person with strap-on dildos
-- a former Force Recon Marine who complains of being chased by civilians but is now a Marine-chaser himselfBy turns steamy, hilarious, appalling, and deeply moving, Military Trade challenges assumptions about both chaser and chased and poses pointed questions about the wisdom of those who seek to divide the world into "straight" and "gay." The interviews and essays collected in this book suggest that, pardoxically, for many men the advances of the gay rights movement have actually made it more difficult to form affectional bonds with other men. Gay sex has never been more openly advertised. But the military love of comrades is something that gay life can't offer.
List of contents
Contents Foreword: The Field of Mars
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Bitterest Envy
- Bill: The Ballad of Vulture Dick
- Rolf: Hollywood Marines
- Wormy: Hell Bent for Leathernecks
- Gayle: Double Penetration
- Andrei: A Family Tradition & Denis: Raised on Soldier's Milk
- Maynard: Servicing Sailors
- Cory: Bury My Heart at Twentynine Palms
- John: The Air Force Glory Hole Replica
- David: The Milk Run
- Rick: Aries Marine Bull-Pussy
- Don: Interview with a Pornographer
- Martin: Fathers and Sons
- Lance: Come to Daddy
- Doug: Good Old Boys
- Howard: Sneaking on Base
- Anonymous: Why?
- Tom: The Brotherhood of Marines
- Reference Notes
About the author
Steven Zeeland
