Re: In Memoriam: Clark Ashton Smith
Posted by:
Gavin Callaghan (IP Logged)
Date: 24 October, 2011 04:34PM
wilum pugmire Wrote:
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> To use the term "anti-gay" would mean that we
> agree that "gay=homosexual," and I find this
> extremely debatable. Although I use "gay" at
> times when I describe my sexuality, I prefer such
> terms as "queer" or "perverse."
"Gay" has the value of brevity -but also the debit of not covering lesbian, bi-sexual, transgendered, hermaphroditic, castrati opera singers and palace guards, transsexual pre-ops, bi-curious, and all the rest from that unending clown car of sexual ambiguity...
"Queer" and "perverse", unfortunately, are also just vague enough to cover me, and people like me, as well (pulls out gas mask, and starts whimpering, "Mommy....Mommy...") [with apologies to David Lynch and the late Dennis Hopper-]
I wrote a long, long essay on HPL and his use of the word "unnamable", which deals in-depth with the related topic of Lovecraft's use of the word "queer", which you might find interesting.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 24 Oct 11 | 04:41PM by Gavin Callaghan.