Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-298) and index.
Contents
Ancient ancestors -- From the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment -- Founding fathers and mothers -- The fin-de-siècle and Belle Époque -- Women who loved women -- Entanglements of sex and politics -- Visions of male beauty -- Love in the Levant -- Japonisme -- Diverse callings -- Radicals and activists -- International lives in the modern era.
Summary
"A comprehensive biographical survey from ancient Chinese courtiers to pioneers of gay liberation in the twenty-first century, from the unknowable relationships of the distant past to the frankest affirmations of modern sexual identity"--Publisher description.
