Alex Ross
writes a long article about gay political history in the 11/12 issue of The New Yorker that manages to be thorough and personal at the same time. It's very sweet, and it makes me want to read the several books he mentions and quotes, especially David Halperin's How to Be Gay, which explores gay culture and camp. This is my favorite quote from Ross's article, about how certain young people seem to develop gay sensibil…