Warren Johansson

I’m always leery when authors feel the need to list their scholastic degrees or other accreditations on the front cover since, almost always, the book falls short of my expectations. Unfortunately, this one is no exception: Outing: Shattering the Conspiracy of Silence reads as if Warren Johansson (M.A.) and William Percy (Ph.D.) are still before their respective dissertation committees defending their theses. Turgid prose and a tendency to belabour a point make getting through an otherwise well-researched history of this controversial practice a chore. If you’re interested in the politics and ethics of outing, pick up a copy of Michelangelo Signorile’s Queer in America instead.… (meer)