What on Earth? Why does it require being “devious” to be in the closet? If you were given a choice between lifelong celibacy and loneliness, on the one hand, or, on the other hand, seriously endangering yourself, risking being imprisoned or institutionalized, and ruining your life (economically and socially) by having relationships and disclosing them, would it make you “devious” to choose a third option and keep your relationships secret?
Were Jews who hid from the Nazis “devious”? Were people who helped them hide “devious”? Only in a sense that drains the word “devious” of its negative moral connotation.
The documentary “Before Stonewall” covers what gay life was like in the 40s, 50s, and 60s. I would recommend it.
Appreciate the link. I’m updating from some of the people and their stories toward it not generally correlating with a broader disregard for decency to strategically break certain strongly enforced norms. I think I’m also substantially updating about how much homosexual recognition/acceptance there was in the early 1900s — there was a very successful theater production called The Captive about a lesbian that had famous actors and ~160 showings (until it was cancelled due to its subject being scandalous).
Curious quote 8 mins into the documentary about Speakeasies. I’m not sure what to make of it directionally about rule-breakers at the time and how to update about their motives.
The main thought behind the thing was to break the law, and live as wildly as you could. And everybody did. Because the Speakeasies were all over the town. Even the old residences, some of them had Speakeasies in the basement. Now a lot of people write about prohibition, but they don’t bring out the fact that everybody was breaking the law because it was the thing to do.
What on Earth? Why does it require being “devious” to be in the closet? If you were given a choice between lifelong celibacy and loneliness, on the one hand, or, on the other hand, seriously endangering yourself, risking being imprisoned or institutionalized, and ruining your life (economically and socially) by having relationships and disclosing them, would it make you “devious” to choose a third option and keep your relationships secret?
Were Jews who hid from the Nazis “devious”? Were people who helped them hide “devious”? Only in a sense that drains the word “devious” of its negative moral connotation.
The documentary “Before Stonewall” covers what gay life was like in the 40s, 50s, and 60s. I would recommend it.
Appreciate the link. I’m updating from some of the people and their stories toward it not generally correlating with a broader disregard for decency to strategically break certain strongly enforced norms. I think I’m also substantially updating about how much homosexual recognition/acceptance there was in the early 1900s — there was a very successful theater production called The Captive about a lesbian that had famous actors and ~160 showings (until it was cancelled due to its subject being scandalous).
Curious quote 8 mins into the documentary about Speakeasies. I’m not sure what to make of it directionally about rule-breakers at the time and how to update about their motives.