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" /><meta name="robots" ntent="max-image-preview:large,max-snippet:-1,max-vio-preview:30" /><lk rel="apple-touch-in" href="/_assets/sign-tokens/goodhoekeepg/static/imag/" /><meta property="og:image" ntent="" /><meta property="og:image:width" ntent="1200" /><meta property="og:image:height" ntent="600" /><meta name="thumbnail" ntent="" /><meta name="" ntent="" /><meta name="" ntent=" /><meta name="twter:image" ntent="" /><meta ntent=" property="og:url" /><meta name="to-publish" ntent="never" /><meta property="og:type" ntent="article" /><meta name="twter:rd" ntent="summary_large_image" /><meta name="article:opn" property="article:opn" /><meta ntent="Entertament" property="article:sectn" /><meta ntent="2023-04-28T22:38:52Z" property="article:modified_time" /><meta ntent="2023-04-28T22:38:00Z" property="article:published_time" /><meta name="sailth.excerpt" ntent="<p>Durg <a href="; target="_blank">Pri month</a>, a lot of attentn turns to LGBTQ+ culture, cludg s artists, <a href="; target="_blank">creators and thors.</a> For one lorful month, products as diverse as t-shirts to bagels are reimaged a rabow motif a nod toward supportg (and earng money om) the <a href="; target="_blank">LGBTQ+ muny</a>. But this largely rporate visibily durg Pri month shouldn't be a 30-day limed engagement — stead, nsir an opportuny to expand the range of our media nsumptn all year long. </p><p>The books by gay, lbian, trans and LGBTQ+ thors, as well as fantastic reads wh characters who are part of the rabow of inti the acronym enpass, show that our lerary worlds n (and should!) be as betifully diverse as the one we live <strong>.</strong> </p><p>Everyone serv to see their lived experienc reflected and validated, and that's pecially sential for young people or those who n't safely exprs their inty their everyday liv. And jt like the rt of the lerary non, the <strong>bt LGBTQ+ books</strong> e all genr. We've got somethg for fans of <a href="; target="_blank">thrillers</a> and crime, <a href="; target="_blank">romance novels</a>, humor, classics, brand-new releas and of urse, lerary fictn. 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It's a story of queer muny, plited relatnships and creatg the kd of world we want to live . <br /></p></div></div></div></div></div></sectn><sectn class="css-1igyocc e1tmud0h11"><div class="css-5htnuj e1tmud0h10"><div class="listicle-slis css-ducv57 eemzdg80"><div class="css-oz2irx e1tmud0h9"><div data-ad-exclu="(m-width: 90rem)" data-embed="embed-product" size="large" class="size-large align-center embed css-ri07z2 etrqhn80"><div id="product-5bea0c95-af95-480e-a662-c3fa1f1a40b4" class="css-17pp2fn etrqhn81"></div><div size="large" class="size-large align-center css-1o16v28 eyaokey4"><div class="top css-1wlxhkh eyaokey2"><div class="css-1od3r eji0f1k0">15</div><h2 class="css-prx06t e8seki10">The Color Purple by Alice Walker</h2></div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$14 at Amazon for The Color Purple by Alice Walker" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{"id":"8d84aeee-c0a0-416c-9167-5da996959aba","se_id":"8342522f-11a7-4c85-8c15-51f36ee1d53f","is_active":te,"tails":null,"metadata":{},"work":{"id":"469ce69f-4798-416d-9432-eaa9954b4053","name":"Amazon","is_active":te,"bs_un_id":"ad046b46-538b-42cb-aa54-c3d158875ed6","tails":"","metadata":{},"created_at":"2021-07-28T16:03:03.241365+00:00","last_updated_at":"2021-07-28T16:03:03.241381+00:00"}}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$14 at Amazon" data-vars-ga-media-role="1" data-vars-ga-media-type="Sli" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-id="5bea0c95-af95-480e-a662-c3fa1f1a40b4" data-vars-ga-product-price="$13.65" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="85d2b0f8-b9d4-400c-b778-34ace7ffe2fc" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory="Classics" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="1474612946" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" class="product-image-lk eyaokey0 en6kra60 css-xyxck0 e1c1bym14"><div class="css-ggbuyb e729n7u1"><div data-optimizely="product-image-ntaer" class="css-1pc0key e729n7u0"><img srcSet=" 640w, 980w" alt="The Color Purple by Alice Walker" tle="The Color Purple by Alice Walker" src="" width="323" height="500" dg="async" loadg="lazy" /></div></div></a><div size="large" class="css-1hk5lek eyaokey1"><div class="css-1wlxhkh eyaokey2"><div class="css-1od3r eji0f1k0">15</div><h2 class="css-prx06t e8seki10">The Color Purple by Alice Walker</h2></div><div size="large" class="size-large css-1oi4uvn e1a1omje0"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href=" aria-label="$14 at Amazon for The Color Purple by Alice Walker" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{"id":"8d84aeee-c0a0-416c-9167-5da996959aba","se_id":"8342522f-11a7-4c85-8c15-51f36ee1d53f","is_active":te,"tails":null,"metadata":{},"work":{"id":"469ce69f-4798-416d-9432-eaa9954b4053","name":"Amazon","is_active":te,"bs_un_id":"ad046b46-538b-42cb-aa54-c3d158875ed6","tails":"","metadata":{},"created_at":"2021-07-28T16:03:03.241365+00:00","last_updated_at":"2021-07-28T16:03:03.241381+00:00"}}" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="$14 at Amazon" data-vars-ga-media-role="1" data-vars-ga-media-type="Sli" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-product-id="5bea0c95-af95-480e-a662-c3fa1f1a40b4" data-vars-ga-product-price="$13.65" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="85d2b0f8-b9d4-400c-b778-34ace7ffe2fc" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory="Classics" data-vars-ga-gallery-id data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-vars-ga-sku="1474612946" data-vars-ga-magento-trackg="1" role="button" data-ab-label="ProdClick" class="product-btn-lk en6kra60 css-2j9tg2 e1c1bym14">$14 at Amazon</a></div><figptn class="css-1k24yfj enfs9c50"><span class="css-19eokd0 e6iqd2">Cred: Hachette </span></figptn></div></div><div data-optimizely="product-k-ntaer" class="css-5t5xw9 e19m2cpp0"><p>Walker's masterpiece about the love between women isn't jt an LGBT classic, 's a mt-read book jt about every way. 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CLASSIC GAY MALE LERATURE
INFLUENTIAL GAY CHARACTERS {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY ALEXANR STEVENSONSEPTEMBER 24, 2007/5:17 PMBY ALEXANR STEVENSONSEPTEMBER 24, 2007 / 5:17 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"INFLUENTIAL GAY CHARACTERS LERATURE","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-09-24T21:17:04.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-09-24T21:17:04.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ALEXANR STEVENSON","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[IMG_ASSIST|NID=9173|TLE=|SC=|LK=NONE|ALIGN=MIDDLE|WIDTH=400|HEIGHT=194]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A HISTORIL SENSE, LERATURE AS WE UNRSTAND IS A FAIRLY NEW NOVATN, AND THE CURRENT NCEPT OF HOMOSEXUALY IS EVEN HER OM THE CULTURAL OVEN. IT'S NO GREAT SURPRISE, THEN, THAT GAY LERATURE — OR EVEN GAY CHARACTERS LERATURE — ARE SO RELATIVELY NEW AS TO STILL BE SHY. NOHELS, THERE ARE GAY CHARACTERS THAT BROKE BARRIERS AND BEME CULTURAL TOUCHSTON FOR GAY MEN. TO FD OUT WHICH CHARACTERS HAVE MOST RONATED, WE TURNED TO SOME OF OUR MOST WELL-KNOWN GAY THORS FOR THE BOOKS AND CHARACTERS THAT MOST FLUENCED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MATTHEW RETTENMUND, THOR OF THE NOVEL BOY CULTURE WHICH A MALE RT LEARNS TO ADOPT HIS NATURAL TAKE-CHARGE ABILI THE SERVICE OF CREATG A LTLE FAY FOR HIMSELF, OFFERED A THOUGHTFUL ANALYSIS WHEN ASKED FOR HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THERE ARE SO MANY OBV CHOIC, AND THEY'RE OBV FOR GOOD REASON — THE BOY OF A BOY'S OWN STORY LEAPS TO MD. BUT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN DRAWN TO GAY CHARACTERS WH FLAWS. I APPRECIATE POSIVE PORTRAYALS, BUT REALISTIC CHARACTERS WHO ILLTRATE SOME OF THE UNIQUE UPS AND DOWNS OF BEG GAY ARE THE ON CLOSER TO MY HEART. I REMEMBER HAVG A PARTICULAR AFFECTN FOR THE TULAR CHARACTER OM THE CONFSNS OF DANNY SLOCUM BY GEE WHMORE. FAR OM THE SEXUAL ATHLETE GAY MEN ARE OFTEN ENURAGED TO BE BY THE POPULAR CULTURE OF OUR OWN MAKG, DANNY'S SEXUALLY BROKEN AND THERE IS NO EASY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I ALSO REALLY LIKED EDDIE OM THE IRREVERSIBLE DECLE OF EDDIE SOCKETT FOR G ACROSS AS VERY REAL AND NOT OVERLY SENTIMENTALIZED," RETTENMUND ADD. "OTHER THAN THOSE THREE, NO GAY CHARACTERS REALLY MA AN IMPRSN ON ME. THE NARRATOR GVANNI'S ROOM IS ONE WHO IS OFTEN CED, BUT I DIDN'T RE FOR THAT BOOK AND ULDN'T REALLY RELATE TO HIM. STILL, I SUPPOSE HE WAS GROUNDBREAKG THE SENSE THAT WAS UNUAL TO HAVE A GAY CENTRAL CHARACTER AT THE TIME THE BOOK WAS WRTEN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[IMG_ASSIST|NID=9170|TLE=|SC=|LK=NONE|ALIGN=LEFT|WIDTH=150|HEIGHT=187]E. LYNN HARRIS INTIFIED JOHN GRIM, THE LEAD CHARACTER JAM BALDW'S GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTA, AS HIS PICK, "BEE THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST BOOKS THAT I READ THAT RONATED WH ME WHEN I WAS REALLY YOUNG. HERE WAS THIS CHARACTER THAT WAS SO SENSIVE AND HAD AN ABIVE FATHER. I ME OM AN ABIVE RELATNSHIP WH A STEPFATHER. I JT SO INTIFIED WH HIM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HARRIS ADD, "ONE OF THE THGS I HAVE E TO REGNIZE WH GAY PEOPLE IS, THEY FEEL THE NEED TO BE OVERACHIEVERS. WHEN I WAS G UP, I WAS AN OVERACHIEVER WHEN ME TO SCHOOL AND ACTIVI; I WOULD DO ANYTHG TO GET NOTICED. I KNEW THEN THAT I WAS GAY AND I THOUGHT THAT MIGHT NCEL OUT EVERYTHG, SO I WAS EVERY ACTIVY [AND YET] I HAD NO IENDS, BEE I WAS AAID TO LET ANYONE KNOW ME. PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY KNEW ME, AND TURN I WON A LOT OF AWARDS, BEE I WAS ALWAYS DOG SOMETHG, I WAS ALWAYS KEEPG BY SO THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE TO AL WH MYSELF."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HARRIS OFFERED TWO OTHER SELECTNS AS GROUNDBREAKG GAY CHARACTERS. "NOT TO PAT MYSELF ON THE BACK, BUT I REALLY THK RAYMOND AND BASIL, TWO OF MY CHARACTERS [OM INVISIBLE LIFE] HAVE BEEN GROUNDBREAKG SO MANY RPECTS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INIALLY A SELF-PUBLISHED NOVEL, INVISIBLE LIFE WAS AN EARLY LERARY LOOK AT BISEXUALY THE BLACK MUNY, AND PROPHETIC ALG WH WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS GAY BLACK MEN GOG "ON THE DOWN LOW" TO FULFILL THEIR TE SEXUAL SIR. THE NOVEL WAS PICKED UP BY DOUBLEDAY, LNCHG HARRIS' REER AS A NOVELIST — A REER THAT CLUS HAVG BROUGHT TWO SEQUELS TO INVISIBLE LIFE TO PRT, TH PLETG A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT HIS CREATNS BROKE NEW GROUND BEME EVINT TO HARRIS OM THE REACTNS OF HIS REARS. "WHAT I HEARD OM SO MANY PEOPLE WAS, 'I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT; I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE FACT THAT GAY PEOPLE LOVED, AND LOVED EQUALLY, AND THAT THEY DIDN'T ACT STEREOTYPIL, THAT THEY WERE STILL OUR BROTHERS, OUR SONS, OUR NEPHEWS, OUR FATHERS, OUR IENDS.' THAT'S WHO I WANTED TO MAKE RAYMOND: I WANTED TO MAKE HIM ‘EVERYMAN’, [AND AT THE SAME TIME] I WANTED HIM TO BE TOUCH WH HIS EMOTNS AND FEELGS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[IMG_ASSIST|NID=9171|TLE=|SC=|LK=NONE|ALIGN=MIDDLE|WIDTH=390|HEIGHT=295]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DREW BANKS, THOR OF THE NOVEL ABLE WAS I, LISTED THE TLE CHARACTER OM OSR WIL'S NOVEL THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY AS HIS CHOICE FOR GROUNDBREAKG GAY CHARACTER, SAYG, "DORIAN GRAY WAS ONE OF THE FIRST A LONG LIST OF HEDONISTIC FELLOWS WHOSE HOMOSEXUAL TENNCI SECURED A TERRIBLE FATE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CONTUED BANKS, "BALDW'S GVANNI FARED ONLY SLIGHTLY BETTER, TRADG HIS LIGO ROOM FOR THE GUILLOTE (DAVID, GVANNI'S ROOM'S PROTAGONIST, ONLY P BEE HIS HOMOSEXUAL URG WERE EXPERIMENTAL NATURE)."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOWEVER, FOR BANKS, A MORE PERSONAL CHOICE WAS THE GAY ROLE MOL AND SPORTS FIGURE HERO OM PATRICIA NELL WARREN’S 1974 GAY SPORTS CLASSIC. SAID BANKS, "FOR ME, AS A GAY MAN G OUT THE ‘70S/'80S, THE FRONT RUNNER'S COACH HARLAN BROWN BROKE MY GROUND AS A GUILELS HOMO WHO LONGED FOR ROMANTIC LOVE THAT FULLY TEGRATED HOT SEX."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ADD BANKS WRYLY, "OF URSE WAS WRTEN BY A WOMAN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STEVEN SAYLOR, THOR OF THE POPULAR "GORDIAN THE FR" MYSTERY SERI, WHICH IS SET ANCIENT ROME, AND WHOSE EARLY EROTIC WRGS (UNR THE NAME AARON TRAVIS) ARE CURRENTLY ENJOYG SOMETHG OF A RURGENCE WH LAST YEAR'S REPUBLITN OF THE NOVEL SLAV OF THE EMPIRE — SOMETHG OF A GROUNDBREAKG WORK S OWN RIGHT — NOMATED, "BAGOAS, THE NARRATOR OF MARY RENLT'S THE PERSIAN BOY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[IMG_ASSIST|NID=9174|TLE=|SC=|LK=NONE|ALIGN=MIDDLE|WIDTH=365|HEIGHT=239]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EXPLAED SAYLOR, "THAT BOOK WAS A HUGE TERNATNAL BTSELLER WHEN I WAS YOUNG, AND GAVE A TLY GAY ALEXANR THE GREAT, AS SEEN THROUGH THE EY OF HIS NUCH NSORT. RENLT SCED REARS AROUND THE WORLD TO INTIFYG WH A GAY PERSIAN NUCH BOTTOM . . . NOW THAT WAS A BREAKTHROUGH!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"YOU MAY QUOTE ME," HE SAID, WH JOKG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}POET AND THOR OF GAY EROTIC FICTN JEFF MANN HAS WRTEN THE MOST TENR AND GENTLY PASSNATE OS TO NATURE AND TO MAN, AND HE'S ALSO WRTEN SOME OF THE BRAVT AND MOST BRACG BONDAGE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MANN INTIFIED MR. BENSON, JOHN PRTON'S NOVEL OF THE SAME NAME AS "A GROUNDBREAKG LEATHERMAN AND S/M TOP."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAILG OM THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAS, MANN ALSO INTIFIED A GROUNDBREAKG CREATN "HASSEL DAY, THE UNQUIET EARTH, DENISE GIARDA'S WONRFUL NOVEL ABOUT THE WT VIRGIA ALFIELDS… AN APPALACHIAN GAY CHARACTER."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}POPULAR GAY WRER MICHAEL THOMAS FORD, THE THOR OF CRILLY ACCLAIMED NOVELS RANGG OM THE IC ROMP LAST SUMMER, TO THE PANORAMIC DRAMA FULL CIRCLE, TO THE JT-RELEASED GAY FAY NOVEL CHANGG TIS, ADMTED, "I WAS NEVER MUCH OF A GAY L REAR, WHICH IS PERHAPS A LTLE STRANGE NSIRG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOWEVER, FORD DID NAME A FEW CHARACTERS THAT SEEMED TO F THE BILL. "THE ONLY ON I N REALLY THK OF ARE THE LTLE BOY TMAN CAPOTE'S SHORT STORY "DAZZLE," WHO WANTS TO BE A GIRL AND WHO MAK A AL WH A WOMAN HE THKS N WORK MAGIC FOR HIM, AND PERHAPS DILL OM TO KILL A MOCKGBIRD, WHO IRONILLY WAS BASED ON CAPOTE HIMSELF. HE WASN'T GAY THE BOOK, OF URSE, BUT AS A GAY REAR YOU N SENSE SOMETHG QUEER HIM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CONTUED FORD, "THE SAME GO FOR THE GIRL FRANKIE CARSON MCCULLERS'S THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAY WRER ELT SCHREFER, WHOSE FIRST BOOK DREW PARISONS TO THE NANNY DIARI AND WHOSE SEND NOVEL, THE JT-RELEASED THE NEW KID, PARALLELS EPISOS OF ADOLCENT SAME-SEX EXPERIMENTATN WH AN OLR MAN'S PURSU OF TEENAGED BOYS, TOLD ME, "PL DAVID LEVHAN'S BOY MEETS BOY IS THE FIRST EXAMPLE OF A GAY PROTAGONIST A YOUNG ADULT BOOK FOR WHOM HOMOSEXUALY ISN'T 'THE PROBLEM.'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[IMG_ASSIST|NID=9172|TLE=|SC=|LK=NONE|ALIGN=MIDDLE|WIDTH=400|HEIGHT=299]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SCHREFER SCRIBED THE BOOK, SAYG, "GAY TEENS WHO TURN TO THE BOOK FOR GUIDANCE AND SOLACE FD A FANTASIA ABOUT A HIGH SCHOOL WHERE THE QUARTERBACK IS ALSO THE HOMEG QUEEN, AND WHERE THE DRAMAS OF G OUT ARE SENDARY TO THE MORE MUNDANE DRAMAS OF LIVG AN ORDARY TEENAGE LIFE. AS A MOL FOR HOW EXISTENCE N BE A SCHOOL WH A BROAD SENSE OF ACCEPTANCE, 'S VALUABLE FOR SHOWG TEENAGE REARS WHAT TO STRIVE FOR."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ADD SCHREFER, "I'VE FOUND WELL-LOVED PI ON PLENTY OF SHELV OF TWENTY-SOMETHGS NEW YORK, WHO STILL CLG TO THIS SWEET, SLIM BOOK ABOUT HOW LIFE ULD BE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CUBAN-AMERIN WRER JOHNNY DIAZ, WHO JT THIS YEAR SAW THE PUBLITN OF HIS BUT NOVEL BOSTON BOYS CLUB, CED THE CREATN OF ANOTHER MASSACHETTS-BASED WRER AS HIS IA OF A GROUNDBREAKG FIGURE OM GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE ONE CHARACTER THAT TO MD GAY FICTN IS JEFF [OM] THE WILLIAM J. MANN TRILOGY THE MEN OM THE BOYS, WHERE THE BOYS ARE, AND MEN WHO LOVE MEN," DIAZ SAID. "THE CHARACTER EXPLORED SEX , AND OUTSI OF THE NF OF, A RELATNSHIP, AND WHAT MEANS TO SET BOUNDARI FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR PARTNER. HE WAS BRAZEN AND BOLD ABOUT BEG PASSNATE WH HIS PARTNER — AND OTHERS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ADD DIAZ, "I N'T THK OF ANY LATO GAY CHARACTERS THAT RONATE WH ME,” AND NFSED, "THAT'S WHY I WROTE BOSTON BOYS CLUB." DIAZ IS NOT SIMPLY BOASTG: S PICTN OF A GAY CUBAN AMERIN PROFSNAL LOOKG FOR LOVE A BIG CY DOMATED BY OTHER ETHNICI, BOSTON BOYS CLUB HAS CERTALY PAVED THE WAY FOR OTHERS TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR MANN, THE NOVEL'S CHARACTER BROUGHT A CERTA MEASURE OF MORAL THENTICY, BEG "AN EXAMPLE OF THE WORKG CLASS TEACHG THE PRIVILEGED CLASS ABOUT HONTY AND THENTICY — A B OF A STEREOTYPE NOW, BUT BACK THEN QUE EXTRAORDARY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOTED MANN, "OF URSE, SCE THE BOOK WAS ONLY PUBLISHED MANY YEARS LATER, SCUDR'S IMPACT ON GAY LERATURE WASN'T FELT UNTIL MORE RECENT S."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THE SPAN OF THOSE FEW S, A LERARY SEA CHANGE HAS TAKEN PLACE. PERHAPS THE ONLY PREHENSIVE ANSWER TO THE QUTN OF WHICH GAY LERARY CREATNS HAVE BROKEN NEW GROUND IS TO POT TO THE FOMENTATN HAPPENG RIGHT NOW, KNOWG THAT ANY, OR ALL, OF THE STORI CURRENTLY BEG WRTEN AND PUBLISHED WILL NTUE TO EXPAND THE LERARY SPHERE OF THE GAY NOVEL — AND BUILD BRIDG BETWEEN THE GAY MUNY AND THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
ON WRG GAY CHARACTERS THRILLERS
FANTASY AND SCI-FI BOOKS WH GAY YOUNG ADULT PROTAGONISTS

CLASSIC GAY MALE LERATURE

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INFLUENTIAL GAY CHARACTERS {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY ALEXANR STEVENSONSEPTEMBER 24, 2007/5:17 PMBY ALEXANR STEVENSONSEPTEMBER 24, 2007 / 5:17 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"INFLUENTIAL GAY CHARACTERS LERATURE","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-09-24T21:17:04.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-09-24T21:17:04.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ALEXANR STEVENSON","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[IMG_ASSIST|NID=9173|TLE=|SC=|LK=NONE|ALIGN=MIDDLE|WIDTH=400|HEIGHT=194]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A HISTORIL SENSE, LERATURE AS WE UNRSTAND IS A FAIRLY NEW NOVATN, AND THE CURRENT NCEPT OF HOMOSEXUALY IS EVEN HER OM THE CULTURAL OVEN. IT'S NO GREAT SURPRISE, THEN, THAT GAY LERATURE — OR EVEN GAY CHARACTERS LERATURE — ARE SO RELATIVELY NEW AS TO STILL BE SHY. NOHELS, THERE ARE GAY CHARACTERS THAT BROKE BARRIERS AND BEME CULTURAL TOUCHSTON FOR GAY MEN. TO FD OUT WHICH CHARACTERS HAVE MOST RONATED, WE TURNED TO SOME OF OUR MOST WELL-KNOWN GAY THORS FOR THE BOOKS AND CHARACTERS THAT MOST FLUENCED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MATTHEW RETTENMUND, THOR OF THE NOVEL BOY CULTURE WHICH A MALE RT LEARNS TO ADOPT HIS NATURAL TAKE-CHARGE ABILI THE SERVICE OF CREATG A LTLE FAY FOR HIMSELF, OFFERED A THOUGHTFUL ANALYSIS WHEN ASKED FOR HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THERE ARE SO MANY OBV CHOIC, AND THEY'RE OBV FOR GOOD REASON — THE BOY OF A BOY'S OWN STORY LEAPS TO MD. BUT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN DRAWN TO GAY CHARACTERS WH FLAWS. I APPRECIATE POSIVE PORTRAYALS, BUT REALISTIC CHARACTERS WHO ILLTRATE SOME OF THE UNIQUE UPS AND DOWNS OF BEG GAY ARE THE ON CLOSER TO MY HEART. I REMEMBER HAVG A PARTICULAR AFFECTN FOR THE TULAR CHARACTER OM THE CONFSNS OF DANNY SLOCUM BY GEE WHMORE. FAR OM THE SEXUAL ATHLETE GAY MEN ARE OFTEN ENURAGED TO BE BY THE POPULAR CULTURE OF OUR OWN MAKG, DANNY'S SEXUALLY BROKEN AND THERE IS NO EASY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I ALSO REALLY LIKED EDDIE OM THE IRREVERSIBLE DECLE OF EDDIE SOCKETT FOR G ACROSS AS VERY REAL AND NOT OVERLY SENTIMENTALIZED," RETTENMUND ADD. "OTHER THAN THOSE THREE, NO GAY CHARACTERS REALLY MA AN IMPRSN ON ME. THE NARRATOR GVANNI'S ROOM IS ONE WHO IS OFTEN CED, BUT I DIDN'T RE FOR THAT BOOK AND ULDN'T REALLY RELATE TO HIM. STILL, I SUPPOSE HE WAS GROUNDBREAKG THE SENSE THAT WAS UNUAL TO HAVE A GAY CENTRAL CHARACTER AT THE TIME THE BOOK WAS WRTEN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[IMG_ASSIST|NID=9170|TLE=|SC=|LK=NONE|ALIGN=LEFT|WIDTH=150|HEIGHT=187]E. LYNN HARRIS INTIFIED JOHN GRIM, THE LEAD CHARACTER JAM BALDW'S GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTA, AS HIS PICK, "BEE THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST BOOKS THAT I READ THAT RONATED WH ME WHEN I WAS REALLY YOUNG. HERE WAS THIS CHARACTER THAT WAS SO SENSIVE AND HAD AN ABIVE FATHER. I ME OM AN ABIVE RELATNSHIP WH A STEPFATHER. I JT SO INTIFIED WH HIM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HARRIS ADD, "ONE OF THE THGS I HAVE E TO REGNIZE WH GAY PEOPLE IS, THEY FEEL THE NEED TO BE OVERACHIEVERS. WHEN I WAS G UP, I WAS AN OVERACHIEVER WHEN ME TO SCHOOL AND ACTIVI; I WOULD DO ANYTHG TO GET NOTICED. I KNEW THEN THAT I WAS GAY AND I THOUGHT THAT MIGHT NCEL OUT EVERYTHG, SO I WAS EVERY ACTIVY [AND YET] I HAD NO IENDS, BEE I WAS AAID TO LET ANYONE KNOW ME. PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY KNEW ME, AND TURN I WON A LOT OF AWARDS, BEE I WAS ALWAYS DOG SOMETHG, I WAS ALWAYS KEEPG BY SO THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE TO AL WH MYSELF."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HARRIS OFFERED TWO OTHER SELECTNS AS GROUNDBREAKG GAY CHARACTERS. "NOT TO PAT MYSELF ON THE BACK, BUT I REALLY THK RAYMOND AND BASIL, TWO OF MY CHARACTERS [OM INVISIBLE LIFE] HAVE BEEN GROUNDBREAKG SO MANY RPECTS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INIALLY A SELF-PUBLISHED NOVEL, INVISIBLE LIFE WAS AN EARLY LERARY LOOK AT BISEXUALY THE BLACK MUNY, AND PROPHETIC ALG WH WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS GAY BLACK MEN GOG "ON THE DOWN LOW" TO FULFILL THEIR TE SEXUAL SIR. THE NOVEL WAS PICKED UP BY DOUBLEDAY, LNCHG HARRIS' REER AS A NOVELIST — A REER THAT CLUS HAVG BROUGHT TWO SEQUELS TO INVISIBLE LIFE TO PRT, TH PLETG A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT HIS CREATNS BROKE NEW GROUND BEME EVINT TO HARRIS OM THE REACTNS OF HIS REARS. "WHAT I HEARD OM SO MANY PEOPLE WAS, 'I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT; I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE FACT THAT GAY PEOPLE LOVED, AND LOVED EQUALLY, AND THAT THEY DIDN'T ACT STEREOTYPIL, THAT THEY WERE STILL OUR BROTHERS, OUR SONS, OUR NEPHEWS, OUR FATHERS, OUR IENDS.' THAT'S WHO I WANTED TO MAKE RAYMOND: I WANTED TO MAKE HIM ‘EVERYMAN’, [AND AT THE SAME TIME] I WANTED HIM TO BE TOUCH WH HIS EMOTNS AND FEELGS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[IMG_ASSIST|NID=9171|TLE=|SC=|LK=NONE|ALIGN=MIDDLE|WIDTH=390|HEIGHT=295]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DREW BANKS, THOR OF THE NOVEL ABLE WAS I, LISTED THE TLE CHARACTER OM OSR WIL'S NOVEL THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY AS HIS CHOICE FOR GROUNDBREAKG GAY CHARACTER, SAYG, "DORIAN GRAY WAS ONE OF THE FIRST A LONG LIST OF HEDONISTIC FELLOWS WHOSE HOMOSEXUAL TENNCI SECURED A TERRIBLE FATE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CONTUED BANKS, "BALDW'S GVANNI FARED ONLY SLIGHTLY BETTER, TRADG HIS LIGO ROOM FOR THE GUILLOTE (DAVID, GVANNI'S ROOM'S PROTAGONIST, ONLY P BEE HIS HOMOSEXUAL URG WERE EXPERIMENTAL NATURE)."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOWEVER, FOR BANKS, A MORE PERSONAL CHOICE WAS THE GAY ROLE MOL AND SPORTS FIGURE HERO OM PATRICIA NELL WARREN’S 1974 GAY SPORTS CLASSIC. SAID BANKS, "FOR ME, AS A GAY MAN G OUT THE ‘70S/'80S, THE FRONT RUNNER'S COACH HARLAN BROWN BROKE MY GROUND AS A GUILELS HOMO WHO LONGED FOR ROMANTIC LOVE THAT FULLY TEGRATED HOT SEX."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ADD BANKS WRYLY, "OF URSE WAS WRTEN BY A WOMAN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STEVEN SAYLOR, THOR OF THE POPULAR "GORDIAN THE FR" MYSTERY SERI, WHICH IS SET ANCIENT ROME, AND WHOSE EARLY EROTIC WRGS (UNR THE NAME AARON TRAVIS) ARE CURRENTLY ENJOYG SOMETHG OF A RURGENCE WH LAST YEAR'S REPUBLITN OF THE NOVEL SLAV OF THE EMPIRE — SOMETHG OF A GROUNDBREAKG WORK S OWN RIGHT — NOMATED, "BAGOAS, THE NARRATOR OF MARY RENLT'S THE PERSIAN BOY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[IMG_ASSIST|NID=9174|TLE=|SC=|LK=NONE|ALIGN=MIDDLE|WIDTH=365|HEIGHT=239]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EXPLAED SAYLOR, "THAT BOOK WAS A HUGE TERNATNAL BTSELLER WHEN I WAS YOUNG, AND GAVE A TLY GAY ALEXANR THE GREAT, AS SEEN THROUGH THE EY OF HIS NUCH NSORT. RENLT SCED REARS AROUND THE WORLD TO INTIFYG WH A GAY PERSIAN NUCH BOTTOM . . . NOW THAT WAS A BREAKTHROUGH!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"YOU MAY QUOTE ME," HE SAID, WH JOKG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}POET AND THOR OF GAY EROTIC FICTN JEFF MANN HAS WRTEN THE MOST TENR AND GENTLY PASSNATE OS TO NATURE AND TO MAN, AND HE'S ALSO WRTEN SOME OF THE BRAVT AND MOST BRACG BONDAGE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MANN INTIFIED MR. BENSON, JOHN PRTON'S NOVEL OF THE SAME NAME AS "A GROUNDBREAKG LEATHERMAN AND S/M TOP."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAILG OM THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAS, MANN ALSO INTIFIED A GROUNDBREAKG CREATN "HASSEL DAY, THE UNQUIET EARTH, DENISE GIARDA'S WONRFUL NOVEL ABOUT THE WT VIRGIA ALFIELDS… AN APPALACHIAN GAY CHARACTER."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}POPULAR GAY WRER MICHAEL THOMAS FORD, THE THOR OF CRILLY ACCLAIMED NOVELS RANGG OM THE IC ROMP LAST SUMMER, TO THE PANORAMIC DRAMA FULL CIRCLE, TO THE JT-RELEASED GAY FAY NOVEL CHANGG TIS, ADMTED, "I WAS NEVER MUCH OF A GAY L REAR, WHICH IS PERHAPS A LTLE STRANGE NSIRG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOWEVER, FORD DID NAME A FEW CHARACTERS THAT SEEMED TO F THE BILL. "THE ONLY ON I N REALLY THK OF ARE THE LTLE BOY TMAN CAPOTE'S SHORT STORY "DAZZLE," WHO WANTS TO BE A GIRL AND WHO MAK A AL WH A WOMAN HE THKS N WORK MAGIC FOR HIM, AND PERHAPS DILL OM TO KILL A MOCKGBIRD, WHO IRONILLY WAS BASED ON CAPOTE HIMSELF. HE WASN'T GAY THE BOOK, OF URSE, BUT AS A GAY REAR YOU N SENSE SOMETHG QUEER HIM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CONTUED FORD, "THE SAME GO FOR THE GIRL FRANKIE CARSON MCCULLERS'S THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAY WRER ELT SCHREFER, WHOSE FIRST BOOK DREW PARISONS TO THE NANNY DIARI AND WHOSE SEND NOVEL, THE JT-RELEASED THE NEW KID, PARALLELS EPISOS OF ADOLCENT SAME-SEX EXPERIMENTATN WH AN OLR MAN'S PURSU OF TEENAGED BOYS, TOLD ME, "PL DAVID LEVHAN'S BOY MEETS BOY IS THE FIRST EXAMPLE OF A GAY PROTAGONIST A YOUNG ADULT BOOK FOR WHOM HOMOSEXUALY ISN'T 'THE PROBLEM.'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[IMG_ASSIST|NID=9172|TLE=|SC=|LK=NONE|ALIGN=MIDDLE|WIDTH=400|HEIGHT=299]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SCHREFER SCRIBED THE BOOK, SAYG, "GAY TEENS WHO TURN TO THE BOOK FOR GUIDANCE AND SOLACE FD A FANTASIA ABOUT A HIGH SCHOOL WHERE THE QUARTERBACK IS ALSO THE HOMEG QUEEN, AND WHERE THE DRAMAS OF G OUT ARE SENDARY TO THE MORE MUNDANE DRAMAS OF LIVG AN ORDARY TEENAGE LIFE. AS A MOL FOR HOW EXISTENCE N BE A SCHOOL WH A BROAD SENSE OF ACCEPTANCE, 'S VALUABLE FOR SHOWG TEENAGE REARS WHAT TO STRIVE FOR."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ADD SCHREFER, "I'VE FOUND WELL-LOVED PI ON PLENTY OF SHELV OF TWENTY-SOMETHGS NEW YORK, WHO STILL CLG TO THIS SWEET, SLIM BOOK ABOUT HOW LIFE ULD BE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CUBAN-AMERIN WRER JOHNNY DIAZ, WHO JT THIS YEAR SAW THE PUBLITN OF HIS BUT NOVEL BOSTON BOYS CLUB, CED THE CREATN OF ANOTHER MASSACHETTS-BASED WRER AS HIS IA OF A GROUNDBREAKG FIGURE OM GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE ONE CHARACTER THAT TO MD GAY FICTN IS JEFF [OM] THE WILLIAM J. MANN TRILOGY THE MEN OM THE BOYS, WHERE THE BOYS ARE, AND MEN WHO LOVE MEN," DIAZ SAID. "THE CHARACTER EXPLORED SEX , AND OUTSI OF THE NF OF, A RELATNSHIP, AND WHAT MEANS TO SET BOUNDARI FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR PARTNER. HE WAS BRAZEN AND BOLD ABOUT BEG PASSNATE WH HIS PARTNER — AND OTHERS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ADD DIAZ, "I N'T THK OF ANY LATO GAY CHARACTERS THAT RONATE WH ME,” AND NFSED, "THAT'S WHY I WROTE BOSTON BOYS CLUB." DIAZ IS NOT SIMPLY BOASTG: S PICTN OF A GAY CUBAN AMERIN PROFSNAL LOOKG FOR LOVE A BIG CY DOMATED BY OTHER ETHNICI, BOSTON BOYS CLUB HAS CERTALY PAVED THE WAY FOR OTHERS TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR MANN, THE NOVEL'S CHARACTER BROUGHT A CERTA MEASURE OF MORAL THENTICY, BEG "AN EXAMPLE OF THE WORKG CLASS TEACHG THE PRIVILEGED CLASS ABOUT HONTY AND THENTICY — A B OF A STEREOTYPE NOW, BUT BACK THEN QUE EXTRAORDARY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOTED MANN, "OF URSE, SCE THE BOOK WAS ONLY PUBLISHED MANY YEARS LATER, SCUDR'S IMPACT ON GAY LERATURE WASN'T FELT UNTIL MORE RECENT S."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THE SPAN OF THOSE FEW S, A LERARY SEA CHANGE HAS TAKEN PLACE. PERHAPS THE ONLY PREHENSIVE ANSWER TO THE QUTN OF WHICH GAY LERARY CREATNS HAVE BROKEN NEW GROUND IS TO POT TO THE FOMENTATN HAPPENG RIGHT NOW, KNOWG THAT ANY, OR ALL, OF THE STORI CURRENTLY BEG WRTEN AND PUBLISHED WILL NTUE TO EXPAND THE LERARY SPHERE OF THE GAY NOVEL — AND BUILD BRIDG BETWEEN THE GAY MUNY AND THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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The wrer Christopher Isherwood said bt when he explaed that beg gay do not volve the act of sex; stead, is the proclivy or the abily to fall love wh another member of the same genr. No sgle piece of gay fictn n claim to be emblematic of the “gay experience, ” for as the growg numbers of gay short stori shows, this “experience” is different each story.

Further, gay lerature also n share tras of other thematic clters of lerature, such as Femist/Femism, Native Amerin, and Ain-Amerin and such genr as tective short fictn, the ghost story, and the edy. Dpe the much-heated bate over William Shakpeare’s sexualy, many crics believe his work—ltered wh cross-drsg characters and same-sex affectnate them—strik a fe gay or bisexual rd. In his famo 1895 trial for homosexualy, the Brish urts found the prolific and prize-wng Wil guilty and sentenced him to a two-year jail term of hard labor.

The gay liv of the lerary giants Virgia Woolf and Gert Ste were wily known lerary circl, yet until recently scholarship about their sexualy or any subtle gay them their work has been mimal.

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I didn’t set out to wre thrillers wh gay characters. I see the world through a gay man’s eye, and there are tobgraphil elements all my work. * gay characters in literature *

In other stori, such as Willa Cather’s wily anthologized “Pl’s Case” (1905), the homoeroticism and sexualy of the characters are elive yet prent. At midcentury psychologil associatns told Amerins that homosexualy was abnormal behavr, thereby ntradictg the Ksey Report, which dited that nearly 10 percent of Amerins were homosexual.

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Central to the Beat movement and precedg the “ee love” years of the 1960s, Allen Gsberg gave an “-your-face” homoerotic sexualy to his poetry.

Although did not ga the momentum of the civil rights and women’s rights movements of the time, this marked the begng of an age when gays stopped hidg unrground and beme advot for their rights. Numero anthologi of short gay fictn clu The Faber Book of Gay Short Fictn (1991), Pengu Book of Gay Short Stori (1994), Pengu Book of Lbian Short Stori (1994), the seri Men on Men (begng 1988) and Women on Women (begng 1990), and even an anthology of gay and lbian science fictn, Kdred Spirs (1984).

The Lambda awards (Lbian, Gay Male, Bisexual, and Transgenr Awards) have swelled to 22 tegori, cludg story llectns and anthologi, poetry, memoirs, cultural studi, public policy, law, history, spirualy, and genr studi. The awards have gone not only to exclively homosexual or transgenr wrers but also to those who w awards both gay and straight tegori, such as Jefey Eugenis, the Pulzer Prize–wng novelist and short story wrer.

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