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The first edition of The Joy of Gay Sex was illustrated with poor line drawings in a similar style to the original Joy of Sex, but when the third edition was published in 2004, now written by Charles Silverstein and Felice Picano with an introduction by Edmund White, publisher Harper Collins commissioned Joe (here ‘Joseph’) Phillips to create fifty new line drawings to accompany the text.
Phillips’ illustrations for Joy are some of the best and most sensitive portrayals ever made of gay love and passion, and in some ways it is a pity that his preferred medium is now colourful and photo-realistic rather than more restrained drawing.
Which editions have you read? Your kindness, loyalty, and admiration meant the world to him. He had a gift not only for creating beauty, but for seeing it in others. The unabashed drawings of erect penises, willing bottoms and group scenes got the book banned in libraries and bookstores across North America and England.
Though the original edition is now out of print, Silverstein and gay novelist Felice Picano released a second and third edition in 1992 and 2003.
In 1977 Simon and Schuster published The Joy of Lesbian Sex by Emily Sisley and Bertha Harris, and in the same year Crown produced The Joy of Gay Sex, written by therapist and clinician Charles Silverstein and novelist Edmund White.
Your light remains.
The Joy of Gay Sex
Following the enormous and unexpected success of The Joy of Sex in 1972, it was inevitable that similar volumes for the non-straight sexual communities would follow hot on its heels.
For now, we are holding close the extraordinary life he lived, the love he gave freely, and the light he brought into this world.
Rest in peace, Mikey.
You are remembered.
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Silverstein has since gone on to win numerous awards from the American Psychological Association for his professional contributions to gay psychological health — he still runs a private practice in New York City.
Check out even more sketches for the first edition of Joy of Gay Sex:
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Through his work, he shared tenderness, pride, longing, joy, and the full spectrum of what it means to be human.
In Loving Memory of Michael Breyette
With profound heartbreak, we share that Michael passed away peacefully last night after a long and courageous journey with cancer. We have included only a few of his illustrations to the book here; if you want to see them all you will have to go and buy your own copy.
‘The Joy of Gay Sex’ Is 44 Years Old.
Let’s Celebrate Its Provocative Illustrations
If you had a sex education class in your school at all, chances are it was incredibly un-sexy, hetero-centric and focused on zygotes, fetal development and abstinence — that is, nothing that would actually help you get laid. Knowing his work mattered to so many was one of the greatest joys of his life.
As we grieve and adjust to life without him, we are temporarily pausing new orders on the website.
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In short, The Joy of Gay Sex provided a lot more than just sex tips; it provided a social education to help gay men deal with complex psychological and social issues while pushing even further into sexual content and social ideas unlike anything ever published.
Most infamously, Silverstein and his co-author, celebrated gay novelist Edmund White, wanted the book to be sexually stimulating.
He will be missed more than words can express by those of us who loved him daily, and by the many of you who felt connected to him through his art.
Michael was so much more than an artist.