Activational effects

, 44

Africa

, 35–36

Agropoc (music genre)

, 87–88

Alexander, Olly

, 9–10, 78–83, 86–87, 118

Anal sex role

positionality

, 125

preference

, 2, 7

Anal warts

, 42–43

Androgens

, 45

Androphilia

, 27–28

Angel Baby

, 60–61, 86

Anglo-American gay communities

, 126–127

Archives of Sexual Behavior

, 7

Argentina

, 62

Ariano model

, 97

Author positionality

, 9–11

Autobiographical acts

, 58

Autobiography

, 62–63

Automediality

, 62–63

Bakla

, 10, 45, 74–75

Bar Addison model

, 95–96, 100–101

BDSM/kink

, 33, 107–108, 112

BDSMLr

, 122

Beautiful On the Outside (2019)

, 78

Beautiful People

, 69–70

Being Male, Being Kothi

, 60, 89–90

BelAmi

, 61–62

Belonging

, 126

connection to marginalisation

, 44

definitions of

, 41–44

in different places and spaces

, 44–53

embodiment

, 44–47

family, home and school

, 47–49

LGBTQ+/Gay ‘Community’

, 49–52

online spaces

, 52–53

politics of

, 84

scholarly treatment of

, 82

to stigmatised identity

, 53–55

Bersani, Leo

, 8

Bicha

, 5, 10

Bimbo Boys

, 101–102, 120

Blasé

, 24–25

Blazing faggot

, 45

Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros, The

, 59, 74

Body image /type

, 31

considerations of

, 31

Boiwife

, 107, 112, 120–121

Bottom

, 42, 118

definitions of

, 1–2

as disposable and detachable label

, 83–92

historical examples of

, 2

as identity

, 83–84

scholarly treatment of

, 12

as sexual role

, 35

transcultural expressions of

, 2

Bottom fag

, 62

Bottom identities

Bakla

, 10, 45, 74–75

Bicha

, 5, 10

Boiwife

, 107, 112, 120–121

Catamite

, 26

Cinaedus

, 42–43

Ciota

, 35–36

Fag/faggot

, 5, 10, 45, 52–53, 62, 106, 119

Faggy bottom

, 30, 33

Fairy

, 3, 27, 35, 95, 104, 110

Femboy

, 110

Jota

, 35–36

Kothi

, 36, 87–88, 93, 118–119

Kūnī

, 37

Loca

, 10, 110

Lubunya

, 37

Marica/mariquita

, 82, 98–100

Maricón

, 27

Paneleiro

, 36–37

Pansy/pansy boy

, 3, 31, 35, 60, 69–71, 74, 76

Pasivo/passive

, 96–97, 100

Pocpoc

, 37

Poof

, 3, 35, 45, 106

Power bottom

, 30, 33

Pussyboy

, 62, 105, 107, 112, 120–121

Queen/quean

, 3–5, 31, 95, 97, 104, 110

Queer

, 26–27, 100

Sissy boy

, 47, 77, 110

Skesana

, 35–37

Tapette

, 5, 10, 45, 125

Twink

, 31, 93–94, 116, 118

Viado

, 35–36

Weibling/weichling

, 34

Bottom queens

, 33

BoyfriendTV

, 53, 94

Brazil

, 35–37, 87–88

Britain

, 3, 26–27, 36, 50, 77

Butch fagginess

, 32–33

Butch shift

, 30–31, 50

Butler, Judith

, 46

Camp

, 24–25

Carnal resonance

, 13, 114

Carrier, Joseph M.

, 36, 96

Catamite

, 26

Chauncey, George

, 26–27, 30–31, 34–35, 49, 102, 105

Cinaedi

, 42–43

Cinaedus

, 42–43

Clones

, 50

Clothing

, 8, 77, 79, 90, 103–104

Cocky Boys

, 61–62

Comfort with sexuality

, 116

Coming Up For Air (2021)

, 78

Creative narratives

, 126

Creative responses

, 126

Crisp, Quentin

, 49–51

Daddy

, 110–111

connection to masculinity

, 111

as identity

, 84–85

Daley, Tom

, 10, 31, 78

Dallas Preston model

, 95–96

Data Lounge

, 61

Dating Amber

, 76

Defeminisation

, 69–76

Deviation of sexual aim

, 34

Deviation of sexual object

, 34

Documentaries

, 60

discussions of

, 30

Doonan, Simon

, 65

Education

, 122–123

Effeminacy

, 7, 23, 25, 69, 76

connection to gender nonconformity

, 8–9

deep structures

, 23–29

defeminising

, 71

definitions of

, 7

gay voice/mannerisms

, 10, 24–25, 47

historical examples of

, 4

as identity

, 4

in relation to trans

, 10–11, 18, 46, 81, 114

scholarly treatment of

, 12

transcultural expressions of

, 27

Effeminacy Scale

, 24

Effeminate

, 62

Effeminate belonging

, 1–2, 8, 27–28, 60, 125–126

language of

, 44

Effeminate bottom

, 69

Effeminate fag

, 62

Effeminate gay man (EGM)

, 42

Effeminophobia (see also Femmephobia)

, 43, 125

Egalitarian homosexuality

, 3–4, 38, 50, 112

Embodiment

, 44, 47, 126

End of Eddy, The

, 72

Erotic narratives

, 61–65

Erotica

discussions of

, 57

online nature of

, 52–53

Ethnicity, considerations of

, 123

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (2021)

, 47–48, 59–60, 76

Fag

, 10, 45, 119

Faggot

, 5, 52–53, 62, 106, 119

Faggy

, 24, 95

Faggy bottoms

, 30, 33

Fairy

, 3, 27, 35, 95, 104, 110

FamilyDick

, 94

Feit, Candace

, 61, 89–90

Fem bottoms

, 93, 125

belonging

, 112–114

model

, 93–101

writing and desiring

, 101–107

Fem gay bottom

, 2

bottom as disposable and detachable label

, 83–92

gender displaced

, 69–76

sexual orientation and triumph of gay

, 76–83

Fem gays

, 61–62

Femboy

, 110

Femininity

, 25

Feminist-inspired critical writing

, 12

Femmephobia(see also Effeminophobia)

, 43

Film, discussions of

, 6, 64–65

Flaming queens

, 24

Foucault, Michel

, 26

France

, 59

Freud, Sigmund

, 29–30, 34–35

Gabeu (Gabriel Silva Felizardo)

, 60–61, 87–88, 90

Ganymede

, 26

Gay

, 4, 96, 115

Gay bottom identities

, 23

deep structures

, 23–29

Gay culture

, 104–105

Gay men

, 1, 42, 93–94

Gay porn

discussions of

, 61

online nature of

, 14

paratexts

, 84

scholarship on

, 61

Gay Pornography: Representations of Sexuality and Masculinity

, 61

Gay sensibility

, 3–4

Gay Spiral Stories

, 101, 104, 107, 123

Gay voice

, 24–25, 47

Gender expression

, 2, 5, 29, 38

Gender identity

, 23–24, 49

Gender nonconformity

, 7, 23, 41–42, 95

as an experience

deep structures

, 23–29

definitions of

Genderqueer

, 23–24, 32–33

Geographies of sexualities

, 8, 44

Green, Richard

, 47–48

Guardian

, 87

Haemorrhoids

, 42–43

Harfleet, Paul

, 73, 83, 90, 117

Hennen, Peter

, 25–26

Heterogender homosexuality

, 4

Hirschfeld, Magnus

, 34

Home

, 8, 46–47, 49, 108, 111, 123

Homophile

, 3, 45

Homophobia

, 41–42, 47–48, 60, 79–80, 125

Homosexual identity

, 10–11, 35

Houlbrook, Matt

, 5–6, 50, 102

Hudson, Samantha (Iván Gonzalez Ranedo)

, 60, 81

Hunk

, 94

Identity

, 11

connection to narrative

, 6

sexual identity

, 44

India

, 35–37, 88

Ingle

, 26

Internacional Latin American discourses

, 3

Invert

, 35

Iran

, 35–36, 106

It’s a Sin

, 59

Journal of Homosexuality

, 7

Journal of Sex Research

, 7

Kothi

, 36, 87–88, 93, 118–119

Kulick, Don

, 2, 17, 109

kūnī

, 37

Latin America

, 110–111, 118–119

Leo Grand model

, 95–96

LeVay, Simon

, 28–29

LGB

, 115

LGBTQ+ community

, 18, 126–127

LGBTQ+ counsellors

, 121

LGBTQ+ media

, 1

‘LGBTQ+/Gay ‘Community’

, 49–52

Liveable life

, 46

Loca

, 10, 110

Loquita

, 97

Lubunya

, 37

Lucas Entertainment

, 94

‘Lucky Strike’

, 60–61

M2M Club

, 62, 99–100, 119

Macho

, 96

Machos

, 100

Male homosexuality

, 26

Mannerisms

, 8, 45, 64, 75–76, 94, 98, 102–104

Marginalisation

, 41–44

Marica

, 10, 119

Maricas

, 110

Maricon

, 45

Mariquita

, 82

Masc tops

, 125

masc4masc

, 95–96, 101, 120

Masculine gay man (MGM)

, 42

Masculinity

cultural dimensions of

, 119–120

importance of

, 14

lack of

, 1

psychobiological explanations of

, 45, 95

Maximo Oliveros

, 75–76

Mediterranean

, 38, 42, 119

Men Behind Bars: Sexual Exploitation in Prison (Wooden and Parker)

, 3

Men who have sex with men (MSM)

, 115

Methodological considerations

, 11–14

Middle-class homosexuals

, 3, 34–35, 50

Minority stress

, 41–42

Moderno Latin American discourses

, 3

Murray, Stephen O.

, 26, 53–54, 112

Naked Civil Servant, The (1985)

, 49

Narratives

, 57, 69

autobiographical

, 58

erotic and pornographic

, 61–65

importance of

, 60

non-erotic

, 59–61

reading of

, 6

Nelly

, 24–25, 33, 95

Nelly queen

, 118

Next Door Twink

, 94

Non-Anglophone languages

, 2

Non-erotic narratives

, 59–61

Non-western gender-nonconforming bottoms

, 35–38

Non-Western labels

, 2–3

Non-Western localities

, 2

Norton, Rictor

, 25–26, 90–91

Olly Alexander: Growing Up Gay (Alexander)

, 9, 60, 78

Online erotica

, 52–53

Online spaces

, 52–53

OnlyFans

, 53

Organisational effects

, 44

Out of the Shadows: Reimagining Gay Men’s Lives (Odets)

, 3–4

Paasonen, Susanna

, 13, 64

Paneleiros

, 36–37

Pansy

, 3, 31, 35

Pansy Boy (2017)

, 60, 69–71, 74, 76

Paratextual

, 13–14

Pasivo

, 96–97, 100

Passive fag

, 62

Pathic

, 26

Personal homosexual identity

, 27

Place and space

, 124

Poc

, 37, 88

Polari

, 37

Poof

, 3, 35, 45, 106

Porn 2.0

, 61

Porn Studies

, 61

Pornographic narratives

, 61–65

Pornography

, 52–53

Power

, 126

bottom

, 30, 33

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)

, 115

Prenatal hormone theory of sexual orientation

, 28

Proud (2015)

, 79–80

Purposeful wandering

, 58

Pussyboy

, 62, 105, 107, 112, 120–121

Queens

, 3–5, 31, 95, 97, 104, 110

Queer theory

, 6

Queernejo

, 87–88

r/TopsAndBottoms

, 63

Receptive Anal Intercourse (RAI)

, 29

Reddit

, 52–53, 61

Reinventing Marvin (2017)

, 47, 59, 64, 71–74, 76, 119–120

RuPaul’s Drag Race

, 14–15

Rural spaces

, 60–61, 88

Ryan Evans model

, 95–96

School

, 8, 47, 49

Scientific enquiry

, 11–12

Sean Cody

, 61–62

Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky

, 43

Self-awareness

, 11

Sex object choice

, 5, 29, 38

Sex role

, 29–38

Sexual Brain, The (1994)

, 29

Sexual career

, 2–3

Sexual complementarity

, 3

Sexual health to sexual wellbeing

, 115–117

Sexual orientation

, 76–83

Sexual self-esteem

, 116

Sexual self-respect

, 116

Sexual wellbeing

, 115

bodies, expectations and environmental context

, 117–124

definitions of

, 115

importance for effeminate belonging

, 115

sexual health to

, 115–117

Sexuality

definitions of

, 2

psychobiological explanations of

, 14

Sexually transmitted infection (STI)

, 115

‘SHORT: Seeds of a Twink Variety’

, 120

Sissy

, 10, 45, 62, 119

Sissy boys

, 47, 110

Sissyphobia

, 43

Sivan, Troye

, 60–61, 85–86, 118

Sociability

, 58

Social media

, 10, 52

South Africa

, 35–36

Southern Strokes

, 94

Spain

, 60

Steelers

, 105–106

Steelers: The World’s First Gay Rugby Club (2020)

, 79–80

Stereotypical effeminacy

, 24

Stigma

attached to bottoming

, 41

attached to effeminacy

, 29

Subjectivity

, 89

Swishes

, 3, 24–25

Swishy

, 24

Tannor Reed model

, 95–96, 100–101

Tapette

, 5, 10, 45, 125

Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality (1905)

, 34

To Be a Gay Man (2020)

, 78

Top

, 3, 34

Trans

, 18, 46–47, 81, 114

Transcultural types of effeminate bottoms

, 27

Transhistorical types of effeminate bottoms

, 27

Triumph of gay

, 76–83

Tumblr

, 52–53, 63, 108, 122

Twink

, 31, 93–94, 116, 118

Twitter/X

, 52–53, 63, 122

Ulrichs, Karl Heinrich

, 34

United States

, 35, 41–42

Weiblings

, 34

Weichling

, 34

Weinrich, James D.

, 27–29

Western labels

, 2–3

Woman in My Heart, A

, 61

Working-class

, 2–3, 5–6, 35

XHamster

, 53, 94

XVideos

, 53, 94

Zwicky, Arnold

, 32–33