Introduction: A hazard of queer fortunes -- At the end of the rainbow : Q-topian literature and the lure of apolitical identities -- "In my day it used to be called a limp wrist" : flip-floppers, nelly boys, and homophobic political rhetoric -- Queer eye on the prize : homo hands and the activism of camping -- Broke(n)back faggots : Hollywood gives queers a Hobson's choice -- The IMs are coming from inside the house : recruitment, the closet, and the right -- Conclusion: Like a faggot from the ashes.