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Sex, Courtship,and the

Politics of Contemporary Gay Love

By Andy Day

+FocusHistorical analysis of gay male courtship over the last 40

years

-Platonic, sexual, and romantic relationships

-Intricate system of contact and network

-Gay space in Transition

+Case Studies

CONTACT: Samuel Delany’s Time Square Red, Times Square Blue (1970-1982)

NETWORK: Gay Men’s Health Crisis Center (1982-1992)

GEOSOCIAL INTERACTION: Grindr™ and Online Dating (1992-Present)

+Grindr and the Mobile Closet

Networking and the Interpersonal

Redefining Coming Out

The Mobile Closet

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In Perspective…

I argue that Grindr and other online networks geared toward gay men have not only dissembled physical borders in interaction, but also have allowed for a reproduction and naturalization of stronger racial and categorical boundaries in desire and communication.