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Original Articles

‘Why can’t they meet in bars and clubs like normal people?’: the protective state and bioregulating gay public sex spaces

Pourquoi est-ce qu’ils ne peuvent pas se rencontrer dans des bars ou des clubs comme des gens normaux? L’Etat protecteur et la bio régularisation des espaces sexuels publics gays

‘¿Por qué no se pueden encontrar en bares y clubes como la gente normal?’: el estado protector y la bio-regulación de los espacios públicos sexuales gais

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Pages 699-719 | Received 17 Feb 2016, Accepted 03 Feb 2017, Published online: 10 Mar 2017

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