Furtive appropriations of public spaces: anonymous sex exchange between men in the urban landscape

Public space is a place of relationships, including sexual relationships. This paper presents an analysis of the configuration of public space taking as a starting point the patterns of sexual regulation constituted in terms of heterosexuality. In this context of sexual regulation, other practices develop, such as anonymous sex between men, which subvert the norm and represent aporias in the established order. The practice of anonymous sex in public places replaces the use of these places with activities for which, in principle, they were not planned. In this sense, it becomes a practice that alters the places in which it is performed, but in turn also disturbs the social order in which it operates.