# On Being Different

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- Authors: [Merle Miller](https://www.bookquiver.com/merle-miller)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2013-03-07

## Description

Originally published in 1971, Merle Miller's On Being Different is a pioneering and thought-provoking book about being homosexual in the United States. Just two years after the Stonewall riots, Miller wrote a poignant essay for the New York Times Magazine entitled " What It Means To Be a Homosexual" in response to a homophobic article published in Harper's Magazine . Described as " the most widely read and discussed essay of the decade," the article was developed into the remarkable short book On Being Different - one of the earliest memoirs to affirm the importance of coming out.

## Editions

### On Being Different

- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4310-696-8
- Pages: 96
- Published: 2013-03-07
- Language: en_GB