Beno Denizet-Lewis article explor phenomenon of subculture lled Down Low, or DL, which enpass black men who have sex wh other men but otherwise live straight liv; says they are products of culture that ems masculy and fatherhood as black man's primary rponsibily, and homosexualy as whe man's perversn; says that while blacks make up only 12 percent of populatn US, they acunt for half of all new reported HIV fectns; says mastream gay world has fought AIDS mostly among whe, openly gay men and has ltle tert mori who do not intify as gay; says DL culture is expandg and is alarmg to public health officials bee men may spread fectn to wiv or girliends; says many blacks see DL as announcement of masculy and separatn om whe gay culture, and th many reject ndom e; profil several men who embrace DL culture; photos (L)
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The DL or The Down Low, like many terms and phras the Amerin culture, n attribute their genis to the Gay and Urban Black muny, The, "DL" has evolved to be ed universally to refer to activi nducted secretly and behd the scen.
In recent tim DL has gone om beg ed exclively to scribe vert male homosexual behavr of a man ontg (portrayg himself), as a heterosexual but realy is actually a closet Gay man, to now refer to any behavr, actn, or behavr that n be scribed as secretive or ceptive.Etymology. The Black muny was slow to accept the male homosexual their muny so Black Men were matag a ver, by actg as they were only to the Ladi. Their homosexualy was secret and th adopted the term, “Down Low” to refer to a man that is a closet homosexual or a man that engag sexual relatns wh both male and female partners.
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Prr to the Homosexual scriptive, the term was ed to scribe: any kd of secretive, slick, and/or ceptive behavr.None Sexual Reference: Steve is moonlightg as a Bartenr on the DL so his iends don't go to the bar and harass him while on the job.