stereotyped notions of gay men as non-masculine. Dennis Altman
[The Homosexualization of America NY: St. Martin's Press 1982] writes
that ". . . the belief that homosexuality is somehow a reflection of
a blurred sense of masculinity / femininity remains central to the Western
imagination" (p. 55). John Gagnon and William Simon [Sexual Conduct
Chicago IL: Aldine 1973] also refer to the stereotype of the gay man as
a "limp-wristed drag queen" (pp.134-5)
That the stereotypes persist is testified to in this
letter...
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