Sex behind bars: a novella, short stories and true accounts
- Title
- Sex behind bars: a novella, short stories and true accounts
- Description
- This Gay Sunshine Press collection is a mix of fictional and non-fictional accounts of the (sexual) experiences of imprisoned gay men. Author Robert N. Boyd, who was a prisoner in Nevada, hoped the book would provide “a true perspective” and believed that this combination of fact and fiction, with some blurring between the two, was the most appropriate method of portraying that truth. Some of the stories and articles had previously been published in magazines such as soft-core pornography lifestyle titles ‘Mandate’ and ‘In Touch’, while others – such as the novella ‘No One Ever Wins’ - are new to this collection. On publication, ‘Sex Behind Bars’ was often advertised as erotica. Although Boyd agreed in an interview that it would be good if the book proved informative, his main aim was to entertain his readers rather than advocate for prison reform.
- Creator
- Robert N. Boyd
- Location
- San Francisco
- Publisher
- Gay Sunshine Press
- Date
- 1984
- Tags
- Gay Fiction
- Erotica
- Gay Short Stories
- Gay Men
- Gay Prisoners
- LGBTQ+ Fiction
- LGBTQ+ Short Stories
- LGBTQ+ Prisoners
- Rights
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