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ABOUT GAYSIAN THIRD SPACE
On Friday September 16, Castro muny gatherg space and art pop-up Third Space opened at the former gay bathhoe/sex club Eros (2051 Market St. at Church). * third space gay *
On Friday September 16, Castro muny gatherg space and art pop-up Third Space opened at the former gay bathhoe/sex club Eros (2051 Market St. “The Foundg Fairi” which, clud Tony Arnoldo, Kim, Chris, Pascual, Jamie, and Adriana set out to create somethg gay – like gay gay – like REALLY gay, and baby…that they did. In this chapter, I seek to explite the productn, operatn, and nttatn of knowledg of difference based on sexual sir wh school ntexts, and emphasize the productivy of postlonial theorizatns of “third space” and “limaly” (Bhabha 1990, 1994) dismantlg the gay–straight recent s, we observe a rise the tablishment of formal and rmal spac and activi for supportg lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) stunts schools.
* third space gay *
The Gay–Straight Alliance (GSA) clubs and cyclil advocy events, such as Natnal Day of Silence, Comg Out Day, and so on, are some such exampl. However, I argue that the spac and activi n be read as stutnalized queer activism that stead of distortg the gay–straight bary, paradoxilly, re-articulate .
I show that Larry’s performance exceed that which we image as appropriate homosexualy and, therefore, threatened the sexual bary; his performance beme unregnizable, thereby habg Bhabha’s (1990) third space.
It not only volv fg an acceptable social inty and an opposg other—man/woman, masculy/femy, heterosexualy/homosexualy—but also volv unequal relatns of power.