Like any history that examines a particular subject across a wide span of time, there are a few places where the connection feels a little forced. However, those moments are not terribly numerous, and don't detract from the book overall. It's a strong work drawing on an enormous number of sources; the 100 page bibliography alone was well worth the price I paid! This book is a great starting point to any study of the history of sexuality, and society's behavior towards those who engage in same-sex romance.
Equally informative--but in a sad way--was the fact that the copy I bought, a former library book, had a few malicious epithets written on random pages. Tragically telling about the state of things in modern America (or at least in the town where that library was located) if someone thought it was acceptable to write such nasty things in a library book. (Thankfully, it was written in pencil, so I was able to erase the worst of it. There were also places where someone had underlined passages to highlight the opposite meaning of the sentence, and a few of those were unfortunately in pen.) Hopefully, other copies didn't suffer from such ill will. (And the seller did point out that there were markings in the book. I just wanted to mention it because it shows how far society has yet to progress.)
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