ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book explores the power issues around gay male and bisexual non-monogamous relationship practices. It argues that queer relationships in general and non-monogamous queer relationships in particular are built in a context of power and heteronormative normalisation. The book presents gay male and bisexual non-monogamies and polyamories in terms of resistance. It also explains some problems regarding the applicability of the theory of hegemony to heteronormativity and sexual politics. A commitment to an ethics of equal power would demand much more serious practical efforts on part of the gay, bisexual, polyamorous and queer movements to forge alliances with queers and non-queers struggling against different forms of oppression. Even if the living conditions for queers have undoubtedly been improved thanks to the struggles of progressive social movements campaigning around gender and sexuality, the state has continued to promote heteronormative discourses.
