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At Large A look back at Gore Vidal’s “sexual paradise” Was Gore Vidal’s objection to being defined as gay intellectual—“post-gay” before his time?—or was it personal, rooted in the sexual mores of a different generation? by Tim Teeman
At Large A look back at Gore Vidal’s “sexual paradise” Was Gore Vidal’s objection to being defined as gay intellectual—“post-gay” before his time?—or was it personal, rooted in the sexual mores of a different generation? by Tim Teeman