*Wner of the Amerin Book Award* *Wner of the Lambda Lerary Award for Gay Memoir/Bgraphy* An Honor Book for the 2023 Stonewall Book Award—Israel...
Contents:
- J. EDGAR HOOVER: GAY OR JT A MAN WHO HAS SEX WH MEN?
- J. EDGAR: THE (GAY?) MAN BEHD THE MASK
- LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
J. EDGAR HOOVER: GAY OR JT A MAN WHO HAS SEX WH MEN?
* the gay edgar *
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"He might have been [gay]. "In public, Hoover waged a ventta agast homosexuals and kept "nfintial and secret" fil on the sex liv of ngrsmen and prints.
J. EDGAR: THE (GAY?) MAN BEHD THE MASK
Dissociatn -- nyg homosexualy, but displayg sexual behavr -- is "not unmon, " acrdg to Dr.
Jack Drcher, a New York Cy psychiatrist who is an expert genr and wh strong attractns to other men n have different gre of acceptance om beg fully closeted to beg openly gay. And even if they are homosexually self-aware, they n embrace or reject publicly.
LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
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Homosexual. Gay.