MR was born gay!
Matthiessen wrote to his lover Russell Cheney in a letter: "That there have been other unions like ours is obvious, but we are unable to draw on their experience. We must create everything for ourselves."
That's as good a motto for socialism of the 21st century as for gay unions.
Yoshie Furuhashi <http://montages.blogspot.com> <http://monthlyreview.org> <http://mrzine.org>