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Coming of Age During the 1970s: Chapter 2: Fire Island and Other Stories

Making Gay History | LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archive

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Coming of Age During the 1970s

Eric Marcus: At 17, I was so deeply imprinted with this one young man. He gave me a book called Men in Masculinity that helped me understand what it meant to be a gay man and a responsible gay man. "I'm very fortunate that he was such a good person," says Marcus of his childhood friend.

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