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   From: gmurphy7733@rogers.com   
      
   Hi all,   
   It's common knowledge that cyberpunk, at least in its literary form, emerged   
   with key 1980s figures: Gibson, Sterling, Shiner, Shirley, Rucker and,   
   expanding out, Williams and Swanwick (although influential predecessors   
   include Delany, Brunner, Bethke, Vinge).  With the exception of Pat Cadigan,   
   it was heavily dominated by straight men.  Then, in the mid-1990s a   
   "second-wave" emerged, many of them women: Piercy, Rosenblum, Mixon, and   
   Scott to name just a few.  What I find interesting is that Rosenblum, Mixon,   
   and Scott, in addition to featuring women protagonists, are also writing   
   from a "queer" perspective as they engage lesbian politics.  Since then,   
   however, I haven't really noticed queer cyberpunk making any forward   
   strides.  So, I'm wondering: does anyone know of any queer cyberpunk   
   (gay/lesbian/bixexual) and any of it recent?  Is cyberpunk still a bastion   
   for straight males or has that changed?   I know Effinger features a lot of   
   bisexuality in his When Gravity Fails sequence and Scott recently released   
   The Jazz, but anything else to your knowledge?  What about in the way   
   cyberpunk has migrated to non-literary lifestyles?  In essence:  can   
   cyberpunk (literary and in other venues) be queer and, if so, does anyone   
   have any specific examples of where this is taking place?   
      
   Thanks all.   
      
   G.   
      
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