The discussion on homosexuality in regards to Whitman and Wilde is interesting. Another good aspect is Allen Ginsberg's censorship trial in SF back in the 50s. Actually, it was Lawrence Ferlinghetti who was on trial, because it was his City Lights Bookshop which published the first edition of Ginsberg's _Howl_. I just completed a graduate paper on Whitman's influence on Ginsberg, and it is my belief that the censorship trial underscored an attack on Ginsberg's sexual orientation and his expression thereof. Ginsberg's colleague and friend William S. Burroughs was also brought to court under a "censorship" case. Any musings? Jon Sanders University of Missouri