... sexual identity should be addressed. While it is true that Clare is passing, Irene is passing as well. As a Negro, Clare must "pass" to gain security in a white world, but by the same token Irene, a lesbian, must "pass" to gain security in a heterosexual society. Until Clare arrives on the scene Irene is a "secure" woman. She busies herself with social activities and the raising of her two boys. However, something is very wrong. When Irene is going to the printing shop, Irene begins to voice her concerns about "queer ideas" that the boys had been coming up with. "If sex isn't a joke, what is it," Brian said. He goes on to say, "the sooner and more he (their son) learns about sex, the better for him.....it will keep him from lots of disappointments later on." Brian's response to her query suggests that to him, ...

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