ABSTRACT

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, representations of irresponsible gay men partying with little regard for viral transmission have circulated across social media; a construction of gay men that has a history that long precedes the coronavirus conjuncture. In this article, we draw on in-depth qualitative interviews with 43 queer men in London and Edinburgh, to investigate experiences of sexual and intimate practices during COVID-19 and use the concept of ‘biosexual citizenship’ (2018) to analyse the ethical frameworks these men used to navigate them. We argue that rather than being ‘good’ or ‘bad’ biosexual citizens, queer men have developed an array of ethically reflexive strategies in order to negotiate the difficult terrain they have had to face when trying to pursue their cultures of sex and intimacy during the pandemic. In so doing, they appear to enact biosexual citizenship through diverse sexual practices that both inevitably include and challenge both hegemonic imperatives of responsibility and well-being, as well as well-worn media representations of reckless, hedonistic gay men.

摘要

在整个 COVID-19 大流行期间，社交媒体上流传着不负责任的男同性恋者在聚会上不顾病毒传播的说法；一种男同性恋者的结构，其历史早在冠状病毒危机之前就已经存在。在本文中，我们对伦敦和爱丁堡的 43 名酷儿进行了深入的定性访谈，以调查 COVID-19 期间的性行为和亲密行为的经历，并使用“生物性公民”（2018 年）的概念来分析伦理框架这些人过去常常驾驭它们。我们认为，酷儿男性并没有成为“好”或“坏”的生物性公民，而是制定了一系列道德反思策略，以协商他们在试图追求他们的性文化和亲密文化时不得不面对的困难局面。大流行病。这样做时，