 | The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with the United Kingdom, the United States, and Europe and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (June 2022) |
Gay literature is a collective term for literature produced by or for the gay community which involves characters, plot lines, and/or themes portraying male homosexual behavior.[1][2]
- ^ Gregory Woods (1999). A History of Gay Literature: The Male Tradition. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-08088-3.
- ^ Byrne R. S. Fone (1998). Anthology of gay literature. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-09670-6.
This anthology offers a chronological survey of writing that represents, interprets, and constructs the experience of love, friendship, intimacy, and desire between men over time--that is, what most readers would call gay male literature.