Beyond the Down Low : Sex, Lies, and Denial in Black America
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Genres: Health, Fitness & Dieting, Nonfiction, Science & Math, LGBTQ+ Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Author:
Genres: Health, Fitness & Dieting, Nonfiction, Science & Math, LGBTQ+ Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Antonio B. reviewed on
This book provides a good overview of the whole "down low" phenomenon and the way it stigmatizes gay black men. It points out the hypocrisy of a culture that frequently turns a blind eye to cheating spouses/bfs while reacting in horror at similar acts involving cheating with a spouse of the same sex. However it occasionally becomes bogged down cataloguing the media's coverage with repetitive lists