Deck 41: Connections: Hiv and Bug Chasers Across Queer Collectives, Holly Swan and Laura Monico

Question 1

According to Swan and Monico, which of the following is NOT true about scenes and subcultures?

A)Boundaries of scenes are much more fluid
B)Individuals can freely choose when to become a part of and when to leave a subculture
C)Members of a subculture tend to want to distance themselves from mainstream society and its normative social structure
D)Members of a scene often come from many different social, cultural, and economic backgrounds

Answer 1

Individuals can freely choose when to become a part of and when to leave a subculture

Question 2

According to Swan and Monico, which of the following is NOT true about the barebackers?

A)Barebackers are an even more marginalized community in an already marginalized community of MSM
B)Barebackers have developed a unique collective lifestyle, identity, and values to provide a sense of citizenship within their own community
C)Barebackers draw upon discourses of constitutional rights and freedom to claim their sexual citizenship
D)Barebacking enables MSM to resist the overabundance of safe-sex messages in the larger gay community that began with the HIV/AIDS epidemic

Answer 2

Barebackers draw upon discourses of constitutional rights and freedom to claim their sexual citizenship

Question 3

According to Swan and Monico, the bug chaser community ______.

A)Shares the cultural values of barebackers
B)Aim to contract the HIV virus
C)Embrace the eroticization of HIV and AIDS
D)All of the above

Answer 3

All of the above

Question 4

According to Swan and Monico on the formation of the barebacking and bug chaser scenes and subcultures, _______.

A)The internet has been critical as a space for the bug chasing subculture to emerge
B)The online scene is an important context for strengthening the bonds among bareback community's members
C)The shared background, lifestyle, and values among the members of the bug chasing subculture all contribute to a shared identity among these men
D)All of the above

Question 5

What is a deviant subculture and how do such collectives create both solidarity among and animosity between MSM and Bugchasers?