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Overview
A same-sex attraction for soldiers and sailors spans the globe and predates the term “homosexual” by several thousand years. But these days “military chasers” are likely to be seen as doubly incorrect. Most are gay men who pursue straight men. And, many of them do it in public. What continues to motivate so many men to brave arrest, violence, and the scorn of gay leaders who condemn any non-gay homosexual desire as “internalized homophobia”?
In Military Trade (now updated to include an expanded photo insert!), Steven Zeeland, author of Sailors and Sexual Identity, The Masculine Marine, and Barrack Buddies and Soldier Lovers, brings together an edgy, enlightening, and richly entertaining collection of voices with a passion for servicemen, including:
- a TV talk-show host who pimped Marines to Hollywood stars
- a heavy metal superstar who dreams of being reincarnated as a Marine boot
- a women “trapped in a gay man’s body” who seduces Marines online then dominates them in person with strap-on dildos
- a former Force Recon Marine who complains of being chased by civilians but is now a Marine-chaser himself
- the difference between “military chasers” and uniform fetishists
- why gay men prefer sailors and Marines over soldiers and airmen
- the surprising range of sexual, “buddy,” and even love relationships “chasers” form with servicemen
- the nuances of “trade” and civil-military male prostitution
- what has been overlooked in the “sex panic” debate about men who have sex in public places
Synopsis
Zeeland (San Francisco State U.) has written extensively on homosexuality in the US armed forces. Here he delves into such matters as the difference between military chasers and uniform fetishists, why gay men prefer sailors and Marines over soldiers and airmen, the wide range of relationships chasers form with servicemen, the nuances of trade and civil-military male prostitution, and neglected aspects of the debate about men who have sex in public places. He does not provide an index. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR