Read Online SameSex Affairs Constructing and Controlling Homosexuality in the Pacific Northwest Peter Boag Books

Product details Paperback 335 pages Publisher University of California Press; First edition (August 14, 2003) Language English ISBN-10 0520240480

SameSex Affairs Constructing and Controlling Homosexuality in the Pacific Northwest Peter Boag Books Reviews

• Same-Sex Affairs is a fascinating look at the rise of urban homosexuality in the early 20th Century.
  
  The book is built around the 1912 YMCA Scandal in Portland, Ore., a little known and poorly documented story that dominated newspapers of the day, in particular E.W. Scripps' newspaper, The Portland News.
  
  Using many never-before seen historical documents, this book details the politics and pressures in Progressive Era Portland on the homosexual community. Further, it shows that politics played a far bigger role than sexuality in the scandal.
  
  An academic treatment of this important event, done in the finest fashion, Same-Sex Affairs is a great addition to any library.