Gay Men’s Style
Authors: Cole Shaun , Church-Gibson Pamela , Maynard Margaret , Geczy Adam , Foster Helen Bradley , Griggs Claudine , Haynes Michaele Thurgood , Brydon Anne , Cavallaro Dani , Perani Judith , Linda Arthur B. , Jobling Paul , Guindi Fadwa El , Abler Thomas S. , Welters Linda , Johnson Kim K.P. , Burman Barbara , Lynch Annette , Young Antonia , Muggleton David , White Nicola , McVeigh Brian J. , Cole Shaun , Ince Kate , Ali Guy , Arthur Linda B. , Keenan William J.F. , Entwistle Joanne , Summers Leigh , Hodkinson Paul , Rabine Leslie W. , Carter Michael , Niessen Sandra , Johnson Kim K. P. , Foster Helen Bradley , Paulicelli Eugenia , Suthrell Charlotte , Guenther Irene , Kawamura Yuniya , Calefato Patricia , Barcan Ruth , Holland Samantha , Palmer Alexandra , Kawamura Yuniya , Root Regina A. , Welters Linda , Craik Jennifer , Goodrum Alison L. , Lynch Annette , Roach Catherine M. , Stalp Marybeth C. , Marion Jonathan S. , Brill Dunja , Entwistle Joanne , Wu Juanjuan , Lynch Annette , Luvaas Brent , Zhao Jianhua , Silverman Eric , Hansen Karen , Mellins Maria , Hume Lynne , Melchior Marie Riegels , Monden Masafumi , McClendon Alfonso , Tortora Phyllis G. , Brownie Barbara , Geczy Adam , Kawamura Yuniya , Jenss Heike , Luvaas Brent , Lantz Jenny , Brownie Barbara , Crewe Louise , Cliffe Sheila , Mitchell Rebecca , Hall James , Karaminas Vicki , O’Neal Gwen , Polhemus Ted , Steele Valerie , Taylor Lou , Hansen Karen Tranberg , Barnes Ruth , Karaminas Vicki , Niessen Sandra , Warwick Alexandra , Wolff Norma H. , Lennon Sharron J. , Green Eileen , Banim Maura , Wilson Elizabeth , Leshkowich Ann Marie , Jones Carla , Torntore Susan J. , Eicher Joanne B. , Johnson Donald Clay , Clark Hazel , Cunningham Patricia A. , Strauss Mitchell D. , Madison D. Soyini , Svensson Birgitta , Graydon Danny , Karaminas Vicki 
Published: September 2023

Gay male identities in the 21st century are increasingly fluid and flexible, calling for a more nuanced understanding of gay male dress and style. From the hyper-masculinity popularised by the Gay Liberation movement to self-knowing drag culture, and from subcultural tribes like gay hipsters to androgynous gender play in the fashion industry, Shaun Cole argues that multiple gay identities exist that are each historically specific, with the 21st century changing the way in which men self-identify and present themselves to the world through dress.

Technological advances, global communication and gay men’s increased engagement with the fashion industry, alongside vast strides in gay rights, have changed the western world and the identities of gay men who inhabit it. This book redresses and readdresses the subject of gay men’s style in a time of social and sexual upheaval. How do gay men use fashion to present their identities to the world? Does gay dress take on new significance in a post-metrosexual, mass-communication age?

Based on the oral histories of gay men from the UK, USA, Europe, Australia and Japan, and analysis of popular gay press such as Gay Times, Attitude, Advocate and DNA, this authoritative work balances the voices of gay men with the faces of traditional and new media to re-orientate our understanding of gay men’s style into the new millennium.