Over 95 per cent of homosexuals are unidentifiable in the community. They are invisible, because they have no distinguishing characteristics, no brand, no stigmata. They are your neighbours. They are found equally in all social classes and in all occupations. They have no peculiarities of manner which identify their erotic preference. Some maintain an image of heterosexuality to the extent of being married; some have ‘come out’ and openly admit their homosexual preferences. No greater number have soft skin, a smooth face, poor musculature, ‘feminine’ hands and gestures, or a feminine body fat distribution than are found among heterosexuals. They are not more ‘neurotic’ than heterosexuals, nor more aggressive.
A male homosexual could be, and is as likely to be, a rugby forward as a window dresser, a lawyer or doctor as an actor, a business executive as a hair-stylist, an academic as a chorus boy, a metal worker as a shop assistant.
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