Possibly, except that in homosexual culture it has rarely been, and certainly was not tor Genet, quite that simple.
Mr. Bartlett, 34, has not only achieved recognition as a force in fashion but has also done it while openly mining homosexual culture.
This style awoke contemporary and later associations with homosexual culture.
Many are forced, by family or social pressures, to conceal their feelings; hence the "underground" nature of homosexual culture until recently.
Florence had a widespread homosexual culture, which included age-structured relationships.
It makes clear the authors' purposes: to systematically normalize the homosexual culture and demonize any who obstruct such efforts.
The incident had no bearing on the legitimacy of studying homosexual culture.
Nonetheless, homosexual culture became increasingly visible, particularly following the glasnost policy of Mikhail Gorbachev's government in the late 1980s.