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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Series Foreword ix
- Introduction: Why Promiscuity Matters 1
- 1 Notes on Promiscuity, 1988 13
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Perspective: Fear
- Introduction 21
- 2 Safe 25
- 3 How I Learned to Stop Worrying, or the Straight Panic Defense 35
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Perspective: Sex
- Introduction 43
- 4. Reluctant Objects: HIV Prevention and the Problem of Sexual Pleasure 47
- 5 Learning How to Fuck on PrEP 65
- 6 Gay Sex Is Our Superpower 73
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Perspective: Pharma
- Introduction 77
- 7. “Heard about It Before, but Don’t Know Where to Get It”: A Black Gay Man’s Journey to Securing PrEP 81
- 8 PrEP in the Porn World 93
- 9. Auto-Pharmakon: Prescribing Utopia 97
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Perspective: Trauma and Healing
- 10. S(t)imulation 103
- 11. Playing in the Shadows: Cycles of Trauma 111
- 12. When We Touch: A Reading on Queer Intimacies 117
- Epilogue: Promiscuity for the Non-Promiscuous 131
- Acknowledgments 137
- Notes on Contributors 139
- Index 141
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Series Foreword ix
- Introduction: Why Promiscuity Matters 1
- 1 Notes on Promiscuity, 1988 13
-
Perspective: Fear
- Introduction 21
- 2 Safe 25
- 3 How I Learned to Stop Worrying, or the Straight Panic Defense 35
-
Perspective: Sex
- Introduction 43
- 4. Reluctant Objects: HIV Prevention and the Problem of Sexual Pleasure 47
- 5 Learning How to Fuck on PrEP 65
- 6 Gay Sex Is Our Superpower 73
-
Perspective: Pharma
- Introduction 77
- 7. “Heard about It Before, but Don’t Know Where to Get It”: A Black Gay Man’s Journey to Securing PrEP 81
- 8 PrEP in the Porn World 93
- 9. Auto-Pharmakon: Prescribing Utopia 97
-
Perspective: Trauma and Healing
- 10. S(t)imulation 103
- 11. Playing in the Shadows: Cycles of Trauma 111
- 12. When We Touch: A Reading on Queer Intimacies 117
- Epilogue: Promiscuity for the Non-Promiscuous 131
- Acknowledgments 137
- Notes on Contributors 139
- Index 141