Straight Jacket: Overg Society's Legacy of Gay Shame: Todd, Matthew: 9780552778404: Books

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However, we mt bear md that this book is predomately alg wh the experienc of one gay man and some of his signifint others, Our own personal histori and experienc are unique to , and my problem wh this book is that is do appear to have an unrlyg assumptn (although this is nied) that all gay men wh the morn world are all as equally troubled at Matthew. I am not wantg to unrme much of the book's nsired ntent, but I do fd rather one sid and at tim reviewers have stated that this book offers a "soclogy" of morn gay life, but this is tegorilly not the se.

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