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Strange Brother
''Strange Brother'' is a gay novel written by Blair Niles published in 1931. The story is about a platonic relationship between a heterosexual woman and a gay man and takes place in New York City in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
''Strange Brother'' provides an early and objective documentation of homosexual issues during the Harlem Renaissance.
==Plot summary==
Mark Thornton, the story's protagonist, moves to New York City in hopes of feeling like less of an outsider. At a nightclub in Harlem he meets and befriends June Westbrook. One night they witness a man named Nelly being arrested. June encourages Mark to investigate. This leads Mark to attend Nelly's trial, where he is found guilty and sentenced to six months' imprisonment on Welfare Island for his feminine affections and gestures. Next Mark researches the crimes against nature sections of the penal code. Shaken up by his findings and the events, Mark confesses his own homosexuality to June.
Mark and June's friendship continues to grow, and June introduces Mark to a number of friends in her social circle. Various social interactions ensue including a dinner party for a departing professor, a trip to a nightspot featuring a singer called Glory who sings Creole Love Call and attending a drag ball. Despite reading Walt Whitman's poetry collection ''Leaves of Grass'', Edward Carpenter's series of papers ''Love's Coming of Age'', and Countee Cullen's poetry, Mark is afraid to come out. Subsequently, Mark is threatened with being outed at work.〔Austen, Roger, ''Playing the Game: The Homosexual Novel in America'', Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1977, pp 65〕 In response to this threat, Mark commits suicide by shooting himself.
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