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Stories centered on friendship between straight men. The friendship can go well or badly, but it must be at the heart of the narrative.
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message 1: by Thom (new)

Thom Dunn Excellent list topic.


message 2: by Tom (new)

Tom Why friendship between straight men only?


message 3: by Thom (new)

Thom Dunn Tom wrote: "Why friendship between straight men only?"

Collective ignorance ?


message 4: by Kurt (new)

Kurt Keefner Why friendship between straight men only? Because that has its own special dynamic. Certainly nothing wrong with other kinds of friendship and I hope someone starts lists about them, but I was interested in male bonding without any sexual element.


message 5: by Thom (new)

Thom Dunn Kurt wrote: "Why friendship between straight men only? Because that has its own special dynamic. Certainly nothing wrong with other kinds of friendship and I hope someone starts lists about them, but I was in..."

Gets complicated. Tennyson regarded Arthur Hallem as the love of his life, but theirs was not a sexual relationship. "Gay/straight" is, IMO, an over-simplified dicotomy.


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