Homosexual Interview

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This paper describes an interview held with a 29-year-old homosexual male of African-American descent. The paper examines how the subject feels about himself and other homosexuals and explains the interviewer's own expectations of the interview and the intended focus of the interview. The paper includes a transcript of the actual interview and then, based on the interview, suggests areas for future academic inquiry. Finally, conclusions are drawn about the subject's beliefs regarding other homosexuals.

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"The subject seemed ideal for this interview because he is openly homosexual himself, but acutely irritated by the common homosexual "affect" that he characterizes as a learned or emulated set of effeminate mannerisms and speech patterns that many people have come to associate with (or even expect from) male homosexuals. The subject has repeatedly expressed his disgust with homosexuals whom he describes as "flames" or even "faggots", because as a comfortably assimilated homosexual male, he believes that he (and all homosexual males) suffer from stereotyping and the homophobia that he believes it inspires. Specifically, the subject compares the plight of "normal" male homosexuals to that of "normal" black American males who suffer similarly from the stereotypes inspired by African American males who, according to him, "have to act like hard-ass niggers"."

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