Crossing the Lines: Gay Kiwi soldiers in World War II
Brent Coutts' book, called Crossing the Lines, focuses predominantly on the lives of Harold Robinson, Ralph Dyer and Douglas Morison - three men who served together and formed a troupe of female impersonators.
Through tracing their friends, and men mentioned in their diaries and letters, the book ends up documents the experience of more than 50 homosexual soldiers during the war and beyond.
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