How the homosexuals saved civilization : the true and heroic story of how gay men shaped the modern world

C. Crimmins

This book presents a broad yet incisive look at how an unusual "immigrant"group, homosexual men, has influenced mainstream American society, and has, in many ways, become mainstream itself. From the way camp, irony, and the gay aesthetic have become part and parcel of our national sensibility to the undeniable effect gay cognoscenti have had on film, literature, music, and television, the author examines how gay men have irrevocably changed the concepts of community, family, sex, fashion, entertainment, and beauty.