Policing Public Sex: Queer Politics and the Future of AIDS Activism

by Dangerous Bedfellows (Editor), Ephen Glenn Colter (Editor), Wayne Hoffman (Editor)

As some activists have turned to regulation rather than education in the effort to curb the AIDS epidemic, the public culture at the foundation of queer culture has come under attack.

Genres: Queer, LGBT, Sexuality, Nonfiction, Health, Feminism

416 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1996

Reviews

[Jennie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had to read this for a Queer Theory class in college. Our professor warned us that some aspects of the book were dated, but I felt it was an incredibly important piece of literature. It's interesting to see how our culture makes an illogical connection between Public Sex and Safe Sex. As an activist it helped me to understand what areas we need to be focusing on to direct policy. The chapter on finding a AIDS vaccine really added a great deal to my understanding of the crisis.

[Whitney · Rating 4 out of 5]

Currently in the middle of reading this one. Certainly a very interesting reading of public sex from a queer analysis