U-M prof's book, 'How to Be Gay,' gets some good press in The New York Times

Halperin, inspired by a 2000 U-M course he created titled "How to Be Gay" (which sparked some controversy), argues in his book that "'Gayness' is not a state or condition. It’s a mode of perception, an attitude, an ethos: in short, it is a practice." According to Garner, "the great value of traditional gay male culture, (Halperin) further posits, perhaps even more challengingly, 'resides in some of its most despised and repudiated features: gay male femininity, diva worship, aestheticism, snobbery, drama, adoration of glamour, caricature of women and obsession with the figure of the mother.'”