“The US "Down Low" is thronging with young Black males who live double lives in the homosexual urban underground. These "Black" and "queer" young males, who have sex with men and live straight lives, reject "gays" as "faggots who dress, talk and act like girls", thereby ascribing a White effeminacy to gayness and embracing a Black hypermasculinity.” UsaDown Low Book:Out in Africa: Same-Sex Desire in Sub-Saharan Literatures and Cultures Source: Out in Africa: Same-Sex Desire in Sub-Saharan Literatures and Cultures