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African American men who have sex with men while maintaining a heterosexual lifestyle in public are attracting increasing interest from both the general media and scholars. Commonly referred to as “down-low” or “DL” men, many continue to have relationships with girlfriends and wives who remain unaware of their same-sex desires, and in much of the media, DL men have been portrayed as carriers of HIV who spread the virus to black women. <i>Sexual Discretion </i>explores the DL phenomenon, offering
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- Author
- McCune Jr., Jeffrey Q.
- Publisher
- Chicago: The University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780226096360
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- Sociology, Gender Studies, Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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