scholarly journals Heterotopias of (un)desirable bodies: homoeroticism, old age and other dissidences

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-131
Author(s):  
Daniel Kerry dos Santos ◽  
Mara Coelho de Souza Lago
Keyword(s):  
Gay Men ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
Older Gay Men ◽  
The Moment

Abstract This paper problematizes some possible stylizations of bodies that are socially perceived as "old" and that are engaged in (homo)erotic activities. We present some "scenes" that were mapped during participant observations conducted in a territory of sociability attended mainly by older gay men. Ways in which the materiality of the bodies in these encounters may acquire other "contours" and new "porosities" are discussed. This rematerialization enables some individuals to resist some models that normalize subjectivities and and bodies. At least at the moment of the parties in this territory (in that queer time and space), the old gay man is no longer a "bicha velha démodé", but rather a subject of desire and a desiring subject. Our cartography tends to denounce the fragility and the fictional aspects of homo/hetero/age-normativities.

scholarly journals Portuguese Older Gay Men: Pathways to Family Integrity

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (64) ◽  
pp. 149-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Filipa Daniela Marques ◽  
Liliana Sousa
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Gay Men ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Family System ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Ego Integrity ◽  
The Family ◽  
Older Gay Men ◽  
Constructing Meaning

Abstract Research in the field of older gay men remains scarce. This exploratory study examines older gay men's experiences in the construction of family integrity (versus disconnection and alienation). The family integrity approach is a developmental perspective that links ego integrity to a larger process of constructing meaning within the family system. The sample comprises ten participants (from 60 to 88 years old). A semi-structured interview was conducted and submitted to content analysis. The main findings suggest three experiences in older gay men's construction of family integrity: (i) influence of homosexuality throughout life; (ii) establishing a family of choice; (iii) creating a legacy associated with homosexuality. Family integrity in older gay men seems to evolve from disclosure at a young age to making homosexuality a legacy in old age.

scholarly journals Readiness in Retirement Life

2020 ◽  
Vol 76 ◽  
pp. 01004
Author(s):  
Dewi Astuti
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Purpose In Life ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Life Goals ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Pension Program ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Variable Focus

This study investigates whether the ownership of a retirement program is owned only by those who have a purpose in life in old age or also owned by those who focus on working well now and do not have a purpose in life in old age. The study population is employees, and entrepreneurs who have worked, with sample criteria have a steady income with a specific educational background. The number of samples is 52 respondents. The result revealed that having the purpose of life in old age, and focusing on the purpose of life at the moment encourage someone to have a pension program. The results of the study stated that the effect of the independent variables on the dependent variable appeared weak. The independent variable "has the purpose of old age life" and the independent variable "focus on life goals current" can explain 0.69 % of the dependent variable "has retirement fund program.

scholarly journals Instability Strip: Writing, Flesh and Paradox in Research Performance

1969 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison M. Richards
Keyword(s):  
Event Horizon ◽  
Common Core ◽  
Research Performance ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
Instability Strip ◽  
Compositional Elements ◽  
The Moment

In this paper I argue that the relation of flesh and writing in the paradoxical time and space of research performance can be productive of difference. I draw examples from a series of my original research performance works The Bride Stripped Bare (2003-5), Event Horizon (2009) and Instability Strip (2010). Based on a common core text, each focused on different dilemmas of the representation, perception and reception of pain through a series of non-identical iterations. In each new presentation, the performer's flesh - my flesh - was brought into a differently paradoxical relation with text, with other elements of performance composition and with co-present others. The results were sometimes painful, sometimes pleasurable, but always surprising. Writing about performance labours to recreate the moment of engagement. Writing within performance sustains unstable relationships with other compositional elements, including other kinds of writing. Writing stands either side of a space that cannot now be filled: it is not my intention to force it to stand in for what is absent. Rather, I want to draw attention to the potential of unstable performance encounters for fleshing out imagined change, staying in excess of processes of textualisation that attempt its capture through syntactical iteration.

Sex and older gay men

2021 ◽  
pp. 103-120
Author(s):  
Peter Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Gay Men ◽  
Older Gay Men

Support, Stigma, Health, Coping, and Quality of Life in Older Gay Men With HIV

2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry Z. Slater ◽  
Linda Moneyham ◽  
David E. Vance ◽  
James L. Raper ◽  
Michael J. Mugavero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Gay Men ◽  
Older Gay Men

Unprotected Anal Intercourse in Gay Men: The Resolution to Withdraw before Ejaculating

1997 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 496-498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ron S. Gold ◽  
Michael J. Skinner
Keyword(s):  
Gay Men ◽  
Anal Intercourse ◽  
Unprotected Anal Intercourse ◽  
Aids Education ◽  
The Moment

734 gay men who had recently engaged in unprotected anal intercourse reported self-justifications they used at the time. A common self-justification involved a resolution to withdraw before ejaculating. Compared with other self-justifications, this resolution was associated with a “last minute” rather than a “premeditated” decision to have unprotected anal intercourse, suggesting that the resolution derived just from “heat of the moment” thinking. Implications for AIDS education are discussed.

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