Inversion

<p>With contributions by Blake Smith Roger Lancaster David Moulton Stephen Adubato Amir Naaman Ran Heilbrunn Pierre d'Alancaisez Travis Jeppesen Oliver Davis Yotam Feldman and Marcas Lancaster. </p><p></p><p>Today's world of PrEP Pride parades and gay marriage eclipses the wildest dreams of the sexual revolution. While it was formerly deviant to promote gay lifestyles it is now 'problematic' to suggest that not all departures from the norm are in the homosexual's best interest. Amidst this excess a new wave of discontentment rises among the once-keenest proponents of sexual progress: gay men. </p><p></p><p>What happened in the transition from inversion to homosexuality gayness and queerness? Why do some gay men lament the freedoms afforded to them by sexual and social acceptance? Bold and daring the essays in <strong>Inversion</strong> reflect on the vicious cycle of debasement acceptance sacrifice and liberation that homosexuality has been stuck in for longer than it wishes to acknowledge. </p><p></p><p>As gay culture fails to confront its history it adopts hollow narratives of struggle. Some gay men fear losing their freedoms some advocate for sexual restraint while others lost in the ever-expanding LGBTQIA+ 'community' continue to make maximalist ideological demands of those outside. These responses mark a fracture in gay life. If there is some essence to homosexual desire how is it being served by today's gay culture and queer politics? Has the gay man - homosexual queer or inverted - rendered himself obsolete? </p><p></p><p>Bringing together contributions by eleven leading thinkers theorists and critics who examine the consequences of pink-washing history denial of sexual realities and the memetic nature of desire <strong>Inversion</strong> reclaims homosexuality's lost depth in an era of profound discontent. </p><p></p><p>Fearless in its critique and challenging in its proposals <strong>Inversion</strong> considers the cultural and political aspects of gay life after homosexuality as it battles with queerness and the allure of a reactionary return pharmacologically fueled sexual degeneration and existential dread. </p>