‘Pender Denton—Outlaw’: An affecting, understated Old West gay love story

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‘Pender Denton—Outlaw’: An affecting, understated Old West gay love story

The love that dared not speak its name has been shouting from the rooftops for well over half-a-century now. There’s hardly a sphere of human endeavor untouched now by the queer presence among us, as employees and workers, as married couples, as consumers, as activists, voters, and holders of political office. In the days when the Western-attired Marlboro Man was still reigning as the very model of modern-day masculinity (before the model died o…