[LINK] "The Homosexual in America"

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The English Eclectic's Paul Halsall recently pointed to an article taken from Time in 1966, a piece representing the state of opinion in the States at this time. They're coming out, see. They're even influencing Rock Hudson!

Homosexuality is more in evidence in the U.S. than ever before-as an almost inevitable subject matter in fiction, a

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[timgueguen]

They represent a kind of inverted romance, since homosexual situations as such can never be made romantic for normal audiences.

I wonder what that author would think of the fact that much if not most of the slash(male-male romance) fanfiction written is written by straight women. Of course it could be argued fanfic writers and their readers aren't a normal audience I suppose.

[mindstalk]

"nobody wants to see Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr make out, especially straight women"