Word: gayness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Laura Z. Hobson's new novel, Consenting Adult (Doubleday; $7.95), the mother of a gay teen-ager first sends him to a psychiatrist, who fails to "cure" him. After a cycle of deep shock, self-reproach, bitter arguments and forced reconciliations, she finally comes to accept her son's homosexuality and even sends him a congratulatory telegram when he comes...
...leader of New York City's Parents of Gays, took the news calmly when her son Charles told her twelve years ago that he was a homosexual, but she soon learned that a mother's acceptance is not enough. Three years ago, Charles, 46, and his lover John, 48, committed suicide shortly after John's employer found out he was gay and demoted...
Noble finally answers yes, but many others are less certain. "To publicize the fact that you are gay," says a lesbian lawyer in Chicago who has defended gays in civil rights cases, "is something that very few people can handle. All of these younger gays are coming out of the closet, and I'm ready to go back...
...Gay Culture: Fast and Loose...
Many homosexuals lead quiet private lives. But for those looking for action, the gay bar is a long-established meeting place. As police harassment has declined, the bars have proliferated. There are now some 4,000 in the country. Once seedy, dark and dangerous, many gay bars are now bright and booming. A few have developed into mammoth entertainment centers. Studio One in Los Angeles has four bars, a restaurant, game rooms and a nightclub that also attracts ordinary heterosexuals and stars like Burt Reynolds, Raquel Welch and Liza Minnelli. "Gay people like to be awed by their own numbers...