(NAME-MCE) Beyond Masculinity: Essays by Queer Men

[Warren Blumenfeld]

                        BEYOND MASCULINITY:
ESSAYS BY QUEER MEN ON GENDER AND POLITICS
http://www.beyondmasculinity.com

Edited by Trevor Hoppe

What does it mean to be a queer man? Beyond 
Masculinity is a ground breaking collection of 20 
smart, insightful essays from a diverse group of 
writers that all tackle this question. All 
published online and available anywhere in the 
world, 24/7, for free. Readers will find a 
tremendously diverse group of queer men 
thoughtfully reflecting on their experiences - 
and using those experiences to build powerful 
analyses of their social worlds, including:

•  Qwo-Li Driskill's "Shaking Our Shells: 
Cherokee Two-Spirits Rebalancing Our World": A 
poetic plea for Native American Two-Spirit 
peoples to search for their histories and become leaders in their communities

•  Brian Lobel's "Penis. Vagina. Penetration. The 
End": A hilarious and moving recounting of the 
author's quest to lose his virginity to a woman 
before a surgery to remove a cancerous tumor that 
threatens to leave him unable to ejaculate ever again

•  Rob Day-Walker, "Jesus of San Francisco: Can 
Jesus be a Resource for Queer Masculinities?:  A 
careful dissection of Biblical scripture, set 
against his own experiences as a Christian gay 
man, in search of a Jesus that is feminist and decidedly queer

•  Daniel Solís y Martínez's "Mestiza/o Gender: 
Notes Towards a Transformative Masculinity":  A 
brilliant attempt to understand how to build a 
queer identity that incorporates both his 
Latino/a heritage and Western ideas about homosexuality

And this is just the tip of the iceberg. From an 
80-year old gay man's reflections on living life 
"between" male and female (Autrey's "Somewhere in 
Between"), to a transgender man's plea for 
bottoms to please (Macey's "Top to Bottom"), 
Beyond Masculinity collectively breaks through 
the typical and boldly describes a resilient, 
challenging understanding of being a queer man in the 21st century.

Beyond Masculinity isn't your traditional 
anthology. Readers become listeners when they 
subscribe on iTunes and download essays recorded 
as podcasts. Built using blogging software, 
anyone can log on anywhere in the world and 
comment directly on the essays. In short, not 
only does this project break topical ground, but 
it also explores the potential power of the 
Internet to provide new tools for sparking smart 
dialogue on sexuality and gender.

About the Editor: Trevor Hoppe is a graduate 
student in the joint PhD program in Sociology and 
Women's Studies at the University of Michigan.
Contact: editor at beyondmasculinity.com, cell: (704) 957-4919





Dr. Warren J. Blumenfeld
Assistant Professor
Multicultural and International Curriculum Studies
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
wblumen at iastate.edu
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