One would not typically think of chemsex as a practice structured by the same political ideology that spawned ‘the new homonormativity’. For one thing, the gay press (a key mediator of homonormative thinking) has spilt much ink demonizing both the practice and practitioners of chemsex. Chemsex is framed in opposition to the ‘good gays’ that appear on same-sex wedding invitations or in advertisements for furniture stores or travel companies. Meanwhile, scholars have identified the ways in which chemsex embodies a response to both the political-economic landscape of neoliberalism, and the dominant model of homosexuality. From this perspective, chemsex appears antithetical to the political-economy of late capitalism, and to homonormativity. Building on critical discussions of this sexual practice, this article maps the complicated political terrain in which chemsex operates. Drawing on in-depth interviews with active and former practitioners, I suggest that chemsex occupies an ambivalent position in relation to the politics of homonormativity.

人们通常不会将chemsex视为一种由催生“新的同范性”的政治意识形态构成的实践。一方面，同性恋新闻界（同性规范思想的主要调解人）已经撒了很多墨水，妖魔化了chemsex的实践者和实践者。Chemsex的构架与同性恋结婚请柬或家具店或旅游公司的广告中出现的“好同性恋者”相反。同时，学者们已经确定了Chemsex体现对新自由主义的政治经济格局以及同性恋占主导地位的模式的反应的方式。从这个角度来看，chemsex与后来的资本主义的政治经济以及同范性是对立的。在对这种性行为进行批判性讨论的基础上，本文描绘了chemsex运作所在的复杂政治领域。通过对现役和前任从业者的深入访谈，我建议chemsex在同性政治中占有一个矛盾的位置。