Ass-Backwards
<Tab/>What makes someone gay? This question seems nearly impossible for Edmund White to answer in his novel, The Beautiful Room is Empty. What does his autobiographical character, Bunny Larkin, mean when he identifies himself as queer? One might find countless answers to this question in White's story, as homosexuality is thoroughly explored, yet never explained. The most obvious and perhaps the most dangerous definition of homosexuality lies in with which gender one chooses to have sex. From this preference stems an array of attitudes and behaviors that one mi…
