Queer Crips (Paperback)

John R. Killacky

ISBN 10: 1560234571 / ISBN 13: 9781560234579

Published by Taylor & Francis Inc, New York, 2003

About this Item

Paperback. Queer Crips reverberates with the sound of "cripgay" voices rising to be heard above the din of indifference and bias, oppression and ignorance. This collection of compelling first-person narratives is at once assertive, bold and groundbreaking, filled with characters and character. Through the intimacy of one-one-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. 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. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Queer Crips (Paperback)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, New York
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1560234571
• ISBN 13: 9781560234579
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Get an inside perspective on life as a disabled gay man!

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 charactersand 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 societyand each otherto establish a public identity and a common culture.

Queer Crips features more than 30 first-hand accounts from a variety of perspectives, illuminating the reality of the everyday struggle disabled gay men face in a culture obsessed with conformist good looks. Themes include rejection, love, sex, dating rituals, gaycrip married life, and the profound difference between growing up queer and disabled, and suffering a life-altering injury or illness in adulthood. Co-edited by Bob Guter, creator and editor of the webzine BENT: A Journal of Cripgay Voices, the book includes:

• two performance pieces from acclaimed author and actor Greg Walloch
• poetry from Chris Hewitt, Joel S. Riche, Raymond Luczak, Mark Moody, and co-editor John Killacky
• essays from BENT contributors Blaine Waterman, Raymond J. Aguilera, Danny Kodmur, Thomas Metz, Max Verga, and Eli Clare
• interviews with community activist Gordon Elkins and Alan Sable, one of the first self-identified gay psychotherapists in the United States
• and much more!

Queer Crips is a forum for neglected cripgay voices speaking words that are candid, edgy, bold, dreamy, challenging, and sexy. The book is essential reading for academics and students working in lesbian and gay studies, and disability studies, and for anyone who's ever visited the place where queerness and disability meet.

About the Author

Authored by Guter, Bob; Killacky, John R