Status Updates From American Homo: Community an...

. . . Homosexual readers emancipation themselves by coding over the guilty knowledge they acquired by growing up in a homophobic society. By reading, they were able to discover practical knowledge of homosexuals who live communally and can transform this knowledge for their own use.

Camp rested on the assumption that gender behavior is a role, something that can be adopted, changed, or dropped. It was a style of humor that allowed homosexuals to react to their situation with wry humor rather than despair.