Gay Life: Leisure, Love, and Living for the Contemporary Gay Male

by Eric Rofes (Editor)

Articles aimed at gay men discuss bodybuilding, positive self-image, sexism, AIDS prevention, home life, erotica, gay concerts, books, movies, sports, and gay community organizations

305 pages, Paperback

First published September 24, 1986

About the author

Eric Rofes was a gay activist, educator, and author. He was a director of the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center in the 1980s. In 1989, he became executive director of the Shanti Project, a nonprofit AIDS service organization. He was a professor of Education at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California, and served on the board of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. He wrote or edited twelve books. One of his last projects was co-creating "Gay Men's Health Leadership Academies" to combat what he saw as a "pathology-focused understanding of gay men" in safe-sex education.