WILLIAM DEVALL, LEISURE AND LIFESTYLES AMONG GAY MEN: AN EXPLORATORY ESSAY, Internatnal Review of Morn Soclogy, Vol. 9, No. 2 (July-December 1979), pp. 179-195
Contents:
WHAT DO CAMP MEAN IN GAY TERMS
Gay culture is not jt an affectatn. It is an exprsn of difference through style — a way of rvg out space for an alternate way of life. * what is camping in gay culture *
The word “mp” has many different meangs but when ed relatn to homosexualy generally refers to a style of exaggerated effemate behavr.
DO CAMP MEAN GAY
When gay and lbian people had to vent their own languag wh which to talk wh each other, mp led the way. * what is camping in gay culture *
This terpretatn is based on the fact that many early gay bars were loted Fields and other open spac outsi of the matter where the term “mp” me om there’s no doubt that ’s an important part of gay culture. It’s also an important part of gay culture and a way for many gay men to reclaim femy and assert their own inty. Answer 4: While both mp and drag volve exaggerated behavr and drs mp is typilly more associated wh gay men while drag is more associated wh transgenr women.
IS CAMP JT FOR GAY MEN?
“The gay liberatn movement had a very different perspective, ” said amic in Esther Newton, thor of the foundatnal 1972 book Mother Camp: Female Impersonators Ameri. John Waters began his reer spng mp and vulgary the late even though mp beme mastream the 1960s, the gay rights movement had moved away om .