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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.
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This chapter brgs together postlonial and queer ncerns to dismantle the gay–straight bary as is produced tnal ntexts. The thor begs by showg that oftentim stutnalized spac and practic of queer activism wh... * 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.