"Gay Lerature: Poetry and Prose" published on by Oxford Universy Prs." name="scriptn
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GAY LERATURE: POETRY AND PROSEGAY LERATURE: POETRY AND PROSE
Advot of queer theory claim that both heterosexualy and homosexualy are socially nstcted and that there is nothg “natural” about any sexual inty. The dividual and his or her wrgs are no longer nsired to be “sentially” gay or straight but stead are ponents a broad polil disurse. 1947)—but the vast majory of amic lerary studi of gay wrers follow s dictat.
For some, this legimiz homosexualy by classifyg as a variant of the same forc that produce heterosexualy. Homosexualy n be seen as created and imposed by the culture rather than as somethg chosen.
The same nclns, however, n be ed to margalize gay wrgs by makg them seem merely one of many lser disurs the plexi of human sexual exprsn.