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This study presents an examination of contemporary urban gay men's lives. The author explores the meaning of friends to gay men, how friends become a surrogate family, how sexual behaviour and attraction affect these friendships, and how, for many friends mean more than romantic relationships.

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Acknowledgments Introduction 1. "Friends Take You Places You've Never Been": Gay Men, New Modes of Relations, and Heroic Friendships 2. "A Major Wall of Noninvolvement": Contemporary Men's Friendships and Cultural Limitations 3. "A Chance to Choose My Siblings": Friendship as Kinship 4. "And We Never Mentioned It Again. Ever": Friendship, Sex, and Masculinity 5. "The Magic of Sympathy and Identification": Profiles of Gay Men's Friends 6. "All the Gold and Gems of the World": The Meaning and Maintenance of Friendships 7. "Where I Go to Know I'm Not Crazy": Developing Social Support, Achieving Identity, and Confronting Conflicts 8. "A Vicarious Sense of Belonging": The Politics of Friendship and Gay Social Movements, Communities, and Neighborhoods Appendix: Research Methodology Bibliography Index

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 7/15/1999 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226568430, 978-0226568430
      ISBN10: 0226568431
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This study presents an examination of contemporary urban gay men's lives. The author explores the meaning of friends to gay men, how friends become a surrogate family, how sexual behaviour and attraction affect these friendships, and how, for many friends mean more than romantic relationships.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments Introduction 1. "Friends Take You Places You've Never Been": Gay Men, New Modes of Relations, and Heroic Friendships 2. "A Major Wall of Noninvolvement": Contemporary Men's Friendships and Cultural Limitations 3. "A Chance to Choose My Siblings": Friendship as Kinship 4. "And We Never Mentioned It Again. Ever": Friendship, Sex, and Masculinity 5. "The Magic of Sympathy and Identification": Profiles of Gay Men's Friends 6. "All the Gold and Gems of the World": The Meaning and Maintenance of Friendships 7. "Where I Go to Know I'm Not Crazy": Developing Social Support, Achieving Identity, and Confronting Conflicts 8. "A Vicarious Sense of Belonging": The Politics of Friendship and Gay Social Movements, Communities, and Neighborhoods Appendix: Research Methodology Bibliography Index

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