Introducing the First Essay Collection
A foreword to the essays — what they are about, why they were written, and what they ask of the reader.
Essays on identity, culture, and the politics of meaning
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Homosexuals and Gays
The words “homosexual” and “gay” are now used as if they meant the same thing, but they name different realities. Sex is not identity, and the loss of that distinction has allowed gay culture to become trapped in victimhood culture, which is flattening.
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Professional Gays
The professional gay is a recognisable contemporary type: a public figure who has turned his homosexuality into a career, a mission, and a claim to moral authority.
Professional Gays
The professional gay is a recognisable contemporary type: a public figure who has turned his homosexuality into a career, a mission, and a claim to moral authority.
Foreword
Over the years, I have watched with ever-growing astonishment how homosexuality is represented in culture and the arts. These pages are written for readers who notice, without quite being able to say why, that something is off.
Homosexuals and Gays
The words “homosexual” and “gay” are now used as if they meant the same thing, but they name different realities. Sex is not identity, and the loss of that distinction has allowed gay culture to become trapped in victimhood culture, which is flattening.
Introducing the First Essay Collection
Deconstructing Pride is an essay collection about homosexuality, identity, culture, and the language that now surrounds them. It begins from
Thomas Jung
About Me
Thomas Jung is a writer from Germany, living in the Netherlands. He is forty-four years old. He came to writing late, on the advice of people who had read his thinking for years and told him it was time. His
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