Beyond the Down Low: Sex, Lies, and Denial in Black America

by Keith Boykin

Other authorsE. Lynn Harris (Foreword)
Hardcover, 2004

Status

Available

Call number

305.38

Genres

Publication

Carroll & Graf (2004), 256 pages

Description

A leading commentator on race and homosexuality takes on the phenomenon of sex on the "down low" in the black community--the covert practice of gay sex by married black men who are in denial about their sexual proclivities.

Awards

Lambda Literary Award (Nominee — Nonfiction — 2005)

Language

English

Original language

English

Physical description

256 p.; 8.34 inches

ISBN

0786714344 / 9780786714346

Barcode

10220

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