Based on the research materials of sociologist Laud Humphreys owned at ONE Archives in Los Angeles, this project drives creation process in residence in Los Angels and Tokyo, and will premiere in Tokyo in January 2016 at Tokyo’s Spiral Hall.

By the recent legalization of same-sex marriage, the gay liberation movement which began in the late 1960s seems to be achieved to its most significant goal. It may be said that gays and other sexual minorities are now taking part in the majority’s economic, legal and cultural systems. However, when sexual minorities are given “equal status” by the majority, the minority are expected to discard “acts and customs” which had been part of their identities in the era when they were outcasts.

The unique gay sexual culture which was begun and developed from the 19th through the 20th century as a result of discrimination and oppression is currently entering a major transition phase, in the diffusion of the Internet and social media.

While LGBT social rights are being established in areas around the world, this project dares to explore the sort of “deviant” sex that people have been expected to abandon, and to consider why it has an important meaning for our society’s future.