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Middle-Aged Gay Men, Ageing and Ageism AlsobyPaulSimpson PARTICIPANTOBSERVATIONANDINTERVIEWS:Middle-AgedGayMen’s ResponsestoAgeingandAgeism Middle-Aged Gay Men, Ageing and Ageism Over the Rainbow? Paul Simpson LecturerinAppliedHealthandSocialCare,EdgeHillUniversity,UK ©PaulSimpson2015 Allrightsreserved.Noreproduction,copyortransmissionofthis publicationmaybemadewithoutwrittenpermission. Noportionofthispublicationmaybereproduced,copiedortransmitted savewithwrittenpermissionorinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofthe Copyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988,orunderthetermsofanylicence permittinglimitedcopyingissuedbytheCopyrightLicensingAgency, SaffronHouse,6–10KirbyStreet,LondonEC1N8TS. Anypersonwhodoesanyunauthorizedactinrelationtothispublication maybeliabletocriminalprosecutionandcivilclaimsfordamages. Theauthorhasassertedhisrighttobeidentifiedastheauthorofthiswork inaccordancewiththeCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988. Firstpublished2015by PALGRAVEMACMILLAN PalgraveMacmillanintheUKisanimprintofMacmillanPublishersLimited, registeredinEngland,companynumber785998,ofHoundmills,Basingstoke, HampshireRG216XS. PalgraveMacmillanintheUSisadivisionofStMartin’sPressLLC, 175FifthAvenue,NewYork,NY10010. PalgraveMacmillanistheglobalacademicimprintoftheabovecompanies andhascompaniesandrepresentativesthroughouttheworld. Palgrave®andMacmillan®areregisteredtrademarksintheUnitedStates, theUnitedKingdom,Europeandothercountries. ISBN 978-1-349-56669-3 ISBN 978-1-137-43524-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137435248 Thisbookisprintedonpapersuitableforrecyclingandmadefromfully managedandsustainedforestsources.Logging,pulpingandmanufacturing processesareexpectedtoconformtotheenvironmentalregulationsofthe countryoforigin. AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Simpson,Paul,1958–author. Middleagedgaymen,ageingandageism:overtherainbow?/ PaulSimpson. pages cm 1. Middle-agedgaymen. 2. Aging—Socialaspects. 3. Ageism. I. Title. HQ76.14.S562015 306.76(cid:2)620844—dc23 2015019745 For Gordon and Barbara, and to the Memory of John This page intentionally left blank Contents ListofFigures viii Acknowledgements ix AbouttheAuthor x 1 SettingtheGayScene:Orientation,DefinitionsandThemes 1 2 WorkontheBody:DifferentiatingandKeepingUp Appearances 32 3 VillageLife:Alienation,AmbivalenceandAgency 58 4 LessAccessible‘Homospaces’:TheOnlineGayScene, SaunasandSocialGroups 92 5 Negotiating‘Heterospaces’:Tolerance,Convivialityand ResistanceatRest,WorkandPlay 121 6 TheSceneatHomewithSignificantOthers:Intimacyand Inclusion 144 7 GayAgeingbeyondManchester:International ComparisonsandContrasts 175 8 ReimaginingPoliticsandPowerRelations 195 Appendix1:InterviewRespondents(inOrderofInterview)– PenPortraits 211 Appendix2:ObservationVenues–PenPortraits 222 Appendix3:MapofManchester’sGayVillage 227 References 228 Index 242 vii Figures 1.1 Manchester’sgayvillage,CanalStreet 13 3.1 Manchester’sgayvillage,CanalStreet 65 3.2aand3.2b Liminalgayspaces 82 3A.1 Mapofthegayvillage 227 viii Acknowledgements Thankfully, researching and writing are never solitary projects. Vari- ous invaluable influences have shaped this book and its author. First, huge thanks are extended to Brian Heaphy and Wendy Bottero, who guidedmetowhatInowknowaboutresearchingandwriting,andwho have proved to be convivial and supportive colleagues. I also extend thankstomyformeremployer,theUniversityofManchester,forprovid- ingthefunding,courtesyoftheEconomicandSocialResearchCouncil (UK), to do the research on which this book is based. Gratitude is also extendedtoAndrewJames,PhilippaGrandandJudithAllanatPalgrave Macmillan. For the photographs, I thank Gordon and Gillian Clough and Andrew Gilliver at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Founda- tion(Manchester)(formerlytheLesbianandGayFoundation)whogave quickandhelpfulresponsestomanyrequestsforinformation.Thisbook has also been influenced by Bridget Byrne, Derek McGhee and Josh Richards, who I thank for their support, collegiality and close engage- mentwithmyworkoverseveralyears.PeterRobinson,ChrisHajekand Charlotte McCarthy, and the anonymous reviewers, also figure among a network of critical friends whose ideas and/or wise counsel have sig- nificantlyimprovedthebookthatemergedfrommyoriginalstudy.Paul McAndrewandVictoriaScottarethankedfortheirinspirationregarding the book’s title. The study participants are singled out for their gen- erosity in terms of their insights, and for the time, care, honesty and thoroughnesswithwhichtheyrespondedtomyquestionsduringinter- views of, generally, over two hours. Thanks are given to my mother, BarbaraSimpson,mylatefather(Peter)JohnSimpson,ChristineHoward and family, David Ashurst and Martin Quirk for affection, encourage- ment and support going back many years. Last but not least, love beyond measure is due to my civil partner, Gordon Blows, who has shouldered the domestic responsibilities and helped keep me sane and groundedduringthewritingofthisbookthroughhisinimitablemixof care,humour,insight,intelligentfeedbackandlove. ix
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