Young, intelligent, and handsome, Alan Helms left a brutal midwestern childhood for New York City in 1955. Denied a Rhodes scholarship because of his sexual orientation, he soon became an object of desire in a gay underground scene frequented by, among many others, Noel Coward, Leonard Bernstein, and Marlene Dietrich. In this unusually vivid and sensitive account, Helms describes the business of being a sex object and its psychological and physical toll.
Young, intelligent, and handsome, Alan Helms left a brutal midwestern childhood for New York City in 1955. Denied a Rhodes scholarship because of his sexual orientation, he soon became an object of desire in a gay underground scene frequented by, among many others, Noel Coward, Leonard Bernstein, and Marlene Dietrich. In this unusually vivid and sensitive account, Helms describes the business of being a sex object and its psychological and physical toll.
Young Man From The Provinces: A Gay Life Before Stonewall
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| ISBN-13: | 9780816642687 |
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| Publisher: | University of Minnesota Press |
| Publication date: | 04/22/2003 |
| Edition description: | First edition |
| Pages: | 224 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.79(d) |