Gay Male Experiences

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People think of anyone else’s life in terms of their own experiences; the same is true of how one imagines the gay male experience. The prevailing imagine of gay men is usually that of a young, urban, middle-class, university-educated, thin, able-bodied, cis-gendered, white male. Yet no one image of a gay man can represent that of all gay men. In this class, we will examine the limited ways the gay male experience continues to be portrayed. The course takes a sociological approach to exploring past and present representations of male homosexuality and the communities and lives that gay men have created and navigated.