â oeSomething happened in the 1990sâ ; a group of people who were perceived as radical and â oeunmentionableâ were transformed into a group of people who deserved human rights, and, if you looked close enough, were â oenormal, â just like everybody else (John Dâ (TM)Emilio (2002). Had a â oepost-gay eraâ (Ghaziani, 2011) begun? And if so, how might this impact on the meaning of sexual identity and a political movement steeped in identity politics? Have the LGBT youth of today been â oeduped into conformity because they believe the mediaâ (TM)s representation of their lives?â (to quote Sarah Shulman). The articles gathered here address, from a wide variety of perspectives, the question of sexual identity for LGBT people in an era when sexual identity is seen by some as obsolescent. In the opening essay, Ritch Savin-Williams asks whether â oeyoung people with same-sex desires are basically content with modern culture and donâ (TM)t desire a critical analysis.â This volume considers this question and others in relation to identity, fluidity, ambisexuality, a reluctance to label sexuality, and the possible irrelevance of sexual orientation in the 21st century. Contributors explore postulations in contexts that include same-sex topics in high school teaching; rural queers; the nature of art installations and same-sex desires; post-AIDS literature; contemporary Russian film and online chat rooms; and the Boy Scouts of America. The essays offer compelling debates about the current state of the discourse about sexual identity in the 21st century.
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