Home / Books / A History of Gay Literature: The Male Tradition

A History of Gay Literature: The Male Tradition

Book by Gregory Woods · 1 quotes · Bonding, Gay History, Homosexuality

Browse quotes from A History of Gay Literature: The Male Tradition.

Book detail: A History of Gay Literature: The Male Tradition is presented as a focused source page for quotations connected with this book, collection, transcript, or source record.

Browse quotes from A History of Gay Literature: The Male Tradition.

The quotes below use the same card format as the rest of the site, including topics, source notes, copy actions, image creation, and sharing controls.

Filter quotes by topic

All Bonding Gay History Homosexuality Justification Minority Self Respect

A History of Gay Literature: The Male Tradition Quotes

“The existence of homosexuality, not as a circumstantial matter of passing sexual whim, but as a shared condition and identity, raises the intriguing possibility of homosexual culture, or at least of a minority subculture with sexual identity as its base. At the very least, by sympathetic identification with cultural texts which appeared to be affirmative, homosexual people saw a way to shore up their self-respect in the face of constant moral attack, and they found materials with which to justify themselves not only to each other but also to those who found their very existence, let alone their behaviour, unjustifiable.”

Self Respect Justification Homosexuality Bonding Minority Gay History

Book:A History of Gay Literature: The Male Tradition

Source: A History of Gay Literature: The Male Tradition