The Homosexual Matrix - C. A. Tripp

Author: C. A. Tripp
Publisher: Signet / New American Library
Format: Mass market paperback
Edition: First Signet printing, September 1976
ISBN: 9780451088987
Condition: Second-hand paperback. Noticeable shelf wear, rubbing, creasing, age-toning and edge wear to the covers and spine, with marks and handling wear throughout. There are red stamp marks on the title page. Please see photos for the exact copy available.

The Homosexual Matrix is C. A. Tripp’s influential and controversial 1970s study of homosexuality, sexuality, psychology and social attitudes. Written by a psychologist and psychotherapist, the book examines homosexuality through sex research, cross-cultural studies and the author’s own clinical observations, while challenging many of the myths and assumptions surrounding homosexuality at the time.

Now best read as a historical work of queer studies, psychology and 1970s sexual politics, this Signet paperback is of interest to collectors of LGBTQ+ history, vintage psychology, social science, sexology and out-of-print queer nonfiction.

About the Author:
C. A. Tripp was an American psychologist, psychotherapist and sex researcher. He is best known for The Homosexual Matrix and later for The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln. His work remains historically significant, though some of its language and frameworks reflect the period in which it was written.