His study targeted on Native Americans and sexuality as effectively as Black American Attitudes Toward Africa: The Missionary Movement, 1877-1900. He won Gay Book of the Year Award (1987) Ruth Benedict Award - Society of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists (1986) Award for Outstanding Scholarship - American Foundation for Gender and Genital Medicine and Science (1987) and Gandhi, King, Ikeda Award - Morehouse College (2006).