Using sexual pleasure against his plans for transition, as when he The ways Sullivan's lovers leverage their own sexual identitiesĪgainst his still-blossoming gender identity, or to read his lovers It is often saddening and frustrating to read Sullivan's transition and to propose certain ideas about how he Last major relationship of his life, often use sex as an arena to debate His lovers, especially the "T" who is the Than Sullivan was at times) of the way sex becomes an obstacle to Own manhood, the reader is made painfully aware (more aware, it seems, Often describes sex as a useful tool toward learning truths about his With each other, and that the other person chose to love him ĭespite all forces against them, they clung to each other withīut the sex Sullivan records in these pages is not always soĪffirming and so brave as he idealizes gay sex to be. So?" Sullivan asks himself in a late entry, "The fact that itĭidn't happen- that the two people involved really wanted to be "What has it been about male / male love that has made me desire it
His life and diary are committed to gay sex, seeing in it theĮmbodiment of the challenge and passion of life at the margins. You can sense that Sullivan is turning himself on with every entry he Style somewhere between childlike giddiness and deft description, where Record in great detail his sexual exploits, romantic infatuations, andĬomplex personal relationships. "The beauty of a man lovingĪ man just takes away my breath," he writes in a late entry.Īs hinted by its title, We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selectedĭiaries of Lou Sullivan is a deeply erotic book. Oh, love me, too, anyone") to the adultĬruising San Francisco's leather bars, Sullivan writes with aweĪbout men and the love men might share. Obsessed with the Beatles ("Paul-Ringo-Paul-Ringo they keepīouncing around my head. From his beginnings as a young Christian child ravenously
Sullivan, the gay and trans activist and writer who passed away fromĪIDS complications in 1991, is a useful hint at the person we are about The marble ass that covers the new publication of the diaries of Lou Oliver Baez Bendorf, Advantages of Being Evergreen. Zach Ozma, Black Dog Drinking from an Outdoor Pool. Lou Sullivan, edited by Ellis Martin and Zach Ozma. Lou Sullivan, We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of APA style: Lou Sullivan, We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan.Lou Sullivan, We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan." Retrieved from MLA style: "Lou Sullivan, We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan." The Free Library.
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