Part of the back cover says: "Straight people, get ready to have your world shaken up! The Gay Mistique, a breakthrough in understanding the homosexual lifestyle, tells it like it is about the intimate gay world. In no uncertain terms, Fisher dispels the common myths about homosexuals: that they are unahappy and unfilfilled. He probes the struggle to 'come out of the closet,' and guides the gay person who had not yet declared himself."