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I remember reading somewhere that the character, Brinker Hadley, in John Knowles' "A Separate Peace," was based on Gore Vidal, who also went to Exeter, as I recall.
As someone who attended a similar school, which played against Exeter in any number of athletic events, I can understand the homoerotic undercurrents flowing under the surface. Interestingly, to my knowledge, I'm the only alumnus of Brooks School who's ever come out as a gay man publicly in its almuni news. (On the other hand, though I offered to write an article describing what it was like to be a gay student there, that was refused. I was only allowed to make a statement in the column for the year I graduated, and even that was edited by others. Oh well.)
I have heard from any number of sources that I am not alone, but I may be the only one to have acknowledged it. At least, Gore Vidal was courageous enough to talk about it long before it was fashionable.
As for the New York Times, well, despite its affinity to gather news, it's always been rather prissy on matters of sexual identity. For years, they actually refused to use the word, "gay," insisting only on using "homosexual" for all identification. Now, they act like that never happened.
Hypocrites...
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