A former senior health-services official speaks honestly and plainly about what it is like to be gay in America. A classic of gay history. Introduction by Randy Shilts.
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Howard Brown is a contributor for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt titles including: "Familiar Faces Hidden Lives".
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Here is a book that every one (gay or straight) should read.,
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This review is from: Familiar Faces Hidden Lives: The Story Of Homosexual Men In America Today (Paperback)
Howard Brown M.D. was NYC's first health-services administrator. He faced great odds on coming *OUT* in 1973 as a public figure. His announcement, has he put it, "ended my life of fear." Through out the pages he tells of stories of small town America gay men, the task of 'Coming Out', and how there are more gay doctors, lawyers, and teachers than there are hairdressers. Brown's book tells of his own experiences and helps to reinforce the homosexual's self-esteem
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As the day neared on which I was to be sworn in as the chief health officer of New York City, I found myself faced with a problem: What should I do about Thomas? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sickness label, homosexual physicians, homosexual lawyers, health services administrator, gay activist groups, other homosexuals, homosexual urges, gay civil rights, homosexual son, most homosexuals Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Mayor Lindsay, New Jersey, Gay Activists Alliance, Greenwich Village, City Hall, National Gay Task Force, United States, Beth Israel, San Francisco, American Psychiatric Association, Henry Messer, Irving Bieber, Judd Marmor, Los Angeles, Lower East Side, Nomenclature Task Force, Black Mountain, Bruce Voeller, Bruce Weller, East Coast, Ivy League, Officer O'Neill, West Coast New!
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As the day neared on which I was to be sworn in as the chief health officer of New York City, I found myself faced with a problem: What should I do about Thomas? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sickness label, homosexual physicians, homosexual lawyers, health services administrator, gay activist groups, other homosexuals, homosexual urges, gay civil rights, homosexual son, most homosexuals Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Mayor Lindsay, New Jersey, Gay Activists Alliance, Greenwich Village, City Hall, National Gay Task Force, United States, Beth Israel, San Francisco, American Psychiatric Association, Henry Messer, Irving Bieber, Judd Marmor, Los Angeles, Lower East Side, Nomenclature Task Force, Black Mountain, Bruce Voeller, Bruce Weller, East Coast, Ivy League, Officer O'Neill, West Coast New!
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- Overt Homosexual by Charles W. Socarides on page 85, and page 86
- The Last of the Wine by Mary Renault in Front Matter, and page 47
- Sexual Behavior in the Human Male by Alfred Charles Kinsey on page 18
- The Broken Goddess (Roc Fantasy) by Hans Bemmann on page 24
- Animal Farm by George Orwell on page 242
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- Is the Homosexual My Neighbor? Revised and Updated: Positive Christian Response, A by Letha Dawson Scanzoni on 4 pages
- Speaking for Our Lives: Historic Speeches and Rhetoric for Gay and Lesbian Rights/1892-2000 by Robert B Ridinger on page 414, and page 510
- The Bisexual Option, Second Edition (Haworth Gay and Lesbian Studies) by MD Fritz Klein on page 143, and Back Matter
- Outing: Shattering the Conspiracy of Silence by Warren Johansson on page 109, and page 135
- Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution by David Carter in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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