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      Photo: The New Congress

       see also Gay Male, Androgyne

      These mostly historical terms manage to degrade women and gender-atypical males in one fell swoop. For a critical analysis of modern psychiatry’s view of effeminate boys, see Eve Sedgwick’s essay, “How to Bring Your Kids Up Gay,” in Fear of a Queer Planet, edited by Michael Warner.

      “Camp is a homosexual sensibility with a soupçon of weariness”

       —Ned Rorem, musician

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