Pynch and homosexuals

[Gershom Bazerman]

I recall previous discussions where we dealt with the P-list as a boy's 
club, as well as previous discussions dealing with P-scholarship as a 
boy's club, but an issue that we've only touched on is Pynchon as a 
homophobic author. I knew I was a Pynchon-phile before I knew I was 
bisexual, and to be quite honest, one of the hardest things for me  deal 
with in terms of my sexuality was he realization that the author who had 
more than almost anyone else defined my identity could be homophobic. 
But, a moderately close reading of _GR_ seems at least to me to ofno 
other alternative. TRP consistantly links homosexuality to sterility and 
death. He seems mildly sympathetic towards pedophiles and S&M and just 
about every other form of sexual "deviance" but homosexuality. Witness 
the gay prison camp. Or the flittish camp superficiality of Clive 
Mossmon. At one point, Pynchon does talk about "real love" between men 
in the trenches, but it seems utterly nonsexual.
	I know that I'm rambling and incoherent and spelling everything wrong, 
but I hope that I can spark some discussion.
	
--Gershom Bazerman

PS If there are any other queer TRP  I'd like to know by private e-mail, 
because it seems to me that gay Pynchon readers would be even more 
scarce than female ones....


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