“We’re creatures of the underworld. We can’t afford to love.” -- Harold Zidler (Moulin Rouge) “The truth is rarely pure and never simple.” --Oscar Wilde used to teach a literature course to college juniors I called “Foucault for Beginners and Others.” In keeping with academic jargon popular at the time, I described it as readings in … Continue reading “The Most Terrible Loneliness” Notes on the Historical “Spoiled” Identity of Gay Men →