ABSTRACT

First Published in 2000. A rich heritage that needs to be documented

Beginning in 1869, when the study of homosexuality can be said to have begun with the establishment of sexology, this encyclopedia offers accounts of the most important international developments in an area that now occupies a critical place in many fields of academic endeavors. It covers a long history and a dynamic and ever changing present, while opening up the academic profession to new scholarship and new ways of thinking.

A groundbreaking new approach
While gays and lesbians have shared many aspects of life, their histories and cultures developed in profoundly different ways. To reflect this crucial fact, the encyclopedia has been prepared in two separate volumes assuring that both histories receive full, unbiased attention and that a broad range of human experience is covered.

Written for and by a wide range of people
Intended as a reference for students and scholars in all fields, as well as for the general public, the encyclopedia is written in user-friendly language. At the same time it maintains a high level of scholarship that incorporates both passion and objectivity. It is written by some of the most famous names in the field, as well as new scholars, whose research continues to advance gender studies into the future.

letter 1A|86 pages

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Abû Nuwâs (c.747–762 to e.813–815)

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Ackerley, J. R. (1896–1967)

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Acosta-Posada, Juan David (1954–)

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ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power)

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Activism, International

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Activism, U.S.

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Adelphopolêsis

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Adult Bookstores

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Advocate

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Aelred of Rlevaulx (1110–1167)

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Aesthetlclsm

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Africa: Precolonial sub-Saharan Africa

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African American Gay Culture

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Aging

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AIDS

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AIDS in the U.S. Media

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AIDS Literature

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AIDS Organizations, U.S.

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AIDS Performance

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AIDS Qullt Songbook

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AIDS Writing in France

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Alley, Alvin (1931–1989)

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Alan of Lille (c.1120–1203)

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Albee, Edward (1928–)

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Albert the Great (c.1200–1280)

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Alclbiadea Boy at School (L'Alcibiade fanclullo a scola)

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Alcohol and Drugs

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Alexander the Great (356–323 b.c.e.)

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Alexandria

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Alger, Horatio (1832–1899)

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Almodóvar, Pedro (1949–)

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Altman, Dennis (1943–)

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American Indian/Alaskan Native Gender Identity and Sexuality

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Amsterdam

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Anarchism

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Androgyny

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Anger, Kenneth (1930?–)

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Animal Sexual Behavior

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Anthropology

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Antlgay Initiatives and Propositions (U.S. Law)

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Arabian Nights

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Arabic Literature

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Arakl, Gregg (I960–)

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Architecture

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Arcidiácono, Carlos (1929–)

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Arenas, Reinaldo (1943–1990)

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Argentina

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Armah, Ayi Kwei (1939–)

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Art History

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Artemidorus (c.138–160 c.e.)

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Arvln, Newton (1900–1963)

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Ashbery, John (1927–)

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Asians in North America

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Assimilation

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Athens

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Athletic Model Guild

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Auden, W. H. (1907–1973)

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Augustine of Hippo (354–430)

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Australia

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Australian Literature

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Autobiographical Writing

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Bacon, Francis (1909–1992)

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Baldwin, James (1924–1987)

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Ballet (British)

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Ballets Russes

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Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo

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Bang, Herman (1857–1912)

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Bangkok

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Barba Jacob, Porfirio (Miguel Angel Osorlo, 1883–1942)

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Barber, Samuel (1910–1981)

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Barnfield, Richard (1574–1620)

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Barr, James (Fugatá) (1922–1995)

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Barthé, James Richmond (1901–1989)

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Barthes, Roland (1915–1980)

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Bathhouses and Sex Clubs

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Bazille, Jean-Frédéric (1841–1870)

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Beam, Joseph Fairchild (1954–1988)

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Bear Culture

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Beat Generation

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Beaton, Cecil (Walter Hardynine, 1904–1980)

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Beaumont and Fletcher (Francis Beaumont [c.1594–1616] and John Fletcher [1879–1625])

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Beck, Julian (1928–1988)

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Beckford, William (1760–1844)

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Béjart, Maurice (1927–)

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Beloved

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Benjamin, Arthur (1893–1960)

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Bennett, Michael (1943–1987)

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Benson, E. F. (1867–1940)

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Bentham, Jeremy (1748–1832)

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Berdache

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Berlin

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Betners, Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, Baron (1883–1950)

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Bernstein, Leonard (1918–1990)

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Bible

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Bisexuallty

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Black and White Men Together, National Association of

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Black Power Movement

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Blitzstein, Marc (1905–1964)

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Bloch, Iwan (1872–1922)

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Bloomsbury Group

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The Bloomsbury Group and Art

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Blunt, Anthony (1907–1983)

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Body Image

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Body Politic

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Bogarde, Dirk (1921–1999)

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Bookstores

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Bowers v. Hardwick and Roam v. Evans

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Bowles, Paul (1910–)

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Boycott

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Boy Scouts

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Brand, Adolph (1874–1945)

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Brazil

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Britten, (Edward) Benjamin (1913–1976)

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Bronzino, Agnolo (1503–1572)

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Broughton, James (Richard) (1913–)

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Bruce of Los Angeles

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Buddhism

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Buggery

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Burroughs, William Seward (1914–1997)

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Burton, Sir Richard Francis (1821–1890)

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Busi, Aldo (1948–)

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Business

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Bussotti, Sylvano (1931–)

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Byron, Georga Gordon, Lord (1786–1824)

letter 157C|78 pages

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Cabaret, Variety, and Revue Entertainment

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Cadmus, Paul (1904–)

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Caffe Cino

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Cage, John (1912–1992)

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Calva Pratt, José Rafael (1953–)

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Camlnha, Adolfo (1867–1897)

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Camp

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Camus, Renaud (1946–)

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Canada

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Canon Law

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Cantina Culture

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Capote, Truman (1924–1984)

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Caravagglo (b. Michelangelo Merlst, 1571?–1610)

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Carné, Marcel (Albert) (1909–)

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Carpenter, Edward (1844–1929)

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Casement, Roger (1864-–1916)

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Castro

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Catholicism

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Cavafy, Constantino P. (1863–1933)

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Cellini, Benvenuto (1500–1571)

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Censorship

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Cernuda, Luis (19027–1963)

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Chambers, Whfttaker (1901–1961)

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Cheaver, John (1912–1982)

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Chlcano and Latino Gay Cultures

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Children's Books

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China

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Chinese Bachelor Society

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Choruses and Marching Bands

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Christianity

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Christopher Street

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Circuit Party Seeno

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Civil Rights in the U.S. Law

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Class

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Clergy

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Clone

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COC

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Coctoau, Joan (1889–1963)

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Code Napoleon

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Colin, Roy M. (1927-1986)

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Colonial America

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Colonialism

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Comic Strips and Books

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Coming Out

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Community Centers

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Copland, Aaron (1900—1990)

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Coralll, Arcangelo (1653–1713)

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Corigliano, John (1938–)

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Cortãzar, Julio (1914–1984)

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Cory, Donald Webster (1913-1986)

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Counseling

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Couporus, Louis (1863–1923)

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Couples

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Coward, Noël (1899–1973)

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Cowboy Culture

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Cowell, Henry (Dixon) (1897–1965)

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Crane, Hart (1899-1932)

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Crime and Criminality

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Crisp, Quentin (1908-)

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Cuadros, Gil

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Cuban Literature and Culture

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Cuban Writing in Exile

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Cukor, George (1899-1983)

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Cullan, Countee (1903-1946)

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Cunningham, Merce (1919-)

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Czech Republic

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Damata, Gasparino (1918–1987)

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Dance: Concert Dance in America

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Dance and AIDS

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Dancing Boys

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Dandy

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Daniel, Herbert (1946–1992)

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Dante Alighieri (1265–1321)

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David and Jonathan

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Davies, Peter Maxwall (1934–)

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Davies, Terence (1945–)

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Day, F. Holland (1864–1933)

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Decadence

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Del Tredici, David (1937–)

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Delany, Samuel R. (1942–)

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Deleuze, Gilles (1925–1995)

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Demuth, Charles (1883–1935)

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Denmark

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Diaghilev, Sergey (1872–1929)

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Dionysus

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Disco and Dance Music

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Divine (b. Harris Glenn Mllstead, 1946–1988)

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Dixon, Molvin (1950–1992)

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Domestic Partnership

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Doty, Mark (1948–)

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Dove, Ulysses (1950-1996)

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Drag Balls

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Duchamp, Marcel (1887–1968)

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Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1628)

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Durrell, Lawrence (1912-1990)

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Eakins, Thomas (1844–1916)

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Education

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Edward II (1284–1327)

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Effeminacy

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Egypt, Ancient

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Eisenstein, Sergey Mikhailovich (1898–1948)

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Elegiac Poetry

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Ellis, Havelock (1889–1939)

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England

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English Literature

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English Pastoral Composers

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Epstein, Brian (1934–1967)

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Esenin, Sergey (1895–1925)

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Essentlallst-Constructlonist Debate

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Etruscans

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European Commission of Human Rights

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Evolution

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Faggot

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Fairy

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Falla, Manuel do (1876–1946)

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Fashion

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Fassbinder, Rainer Werner (19457–1982)

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Feminism

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Feranczl, Sandor (1873–1933)

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Fichte, Hubert (1935–1986)

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Fiction

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Fiction: New Queer Narrative

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Field, Edward (1924–)

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Fierstein, Harvey (1954–)

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Film

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Film: New Queer Cinema

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Him Stars

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Finland

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FIrbank, Ronald (Arthur Annaslay) (1886–1926)

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Fitch, Clyde (1865–1909)

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Flandrin, Hippolyte (1809–1864)

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Florence

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Flowers and Birds

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Fops

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Ford, Charles Henri (1913–)

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Forster, E(dward) M(organ) (1879–1970)

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Foucault, Michel (1926–1984)

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France

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French, Jared Blandford (1905–1988)

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French, Jim (1946?–)

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French Literature

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French Symbolism

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Fraud, Sigmund (1856–1939)

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Friendship

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Galen of Pergamon (c.130–c.200 c.e.)

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Ganymede

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García Lorca, Federico (1898–1936)

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García Marquez, Gabriel (1928–)

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Gay

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Gay Activists Alliance (GAA)

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Gay American Composers

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Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)

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Gay and Lesbian Press

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Gay Bashing

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Gay Community News

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Gay Families

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Gay Games

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Gay Language

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Gay Left

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Gay Liberation

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Gay Liberation Front

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Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC)

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Gay Relationships

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Gay Rights in the United States

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Gay Studies

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Geldzahler, Henry (1935–1994)

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Gender

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Genet, Jean (1910–1986)

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Gentrification

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Gérlcautt, Théodore (1791–1824)

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German Literature

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Germany

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Gernreich, Rudi (1922–1985)

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Gide, André (1869–1981)

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Gilbttrt and George

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Gllgameih, Epic of

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Gilles de Rais (1404–1440)

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Ginsberg, Allen (1926–1997)

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Girodet, Anne-Louis (1767–1824)

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Gloeden, Baron Wilhelm von (18S6–1931)

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Goethe, Johannes Wolfgang von (1749–1832)

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Gogol, Nikolai (1809–1853)

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González-Torres, Felix (1957–1996)

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Goode, Joe (1951–)

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Goodman, Paul (1911–1972)

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Goytisolo, Juan (1931–)

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Gran Fury

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Grant, Duncan (1885–1978)

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Gray, Thomas (1716–1771)

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Greece, Ancient

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Griffes, Charles Tomlinson (1884–1920)

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Guevara, Ernesto “Che” (1928–1967)

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Guibert, Harvé (1955–1991)

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Gunn, Thorn (1929–)

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Haan, Jacob Israël de (1881–1924)

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Hadrian (76–138 c.e.)

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Handel, George Frideric (1885–1759)

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Haring, Keith (1958–1990)

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Harlem Renaissance

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Harrison, Lou (1917–)

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Hart, Lorenz (1895–1943)

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Hartley, Marsden (1877–1943)

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Hate Crimes

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Hawks, Howard (1896–1977)

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Hay, Harry (1912–)

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Haynes, Todd (1965–)

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Hemphill, Essex (1957–1995)

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Henri III (1551–1589)

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Henze, Hans Warner (1926–)

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Hermaphroditism

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Hijras of India

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Hinduism

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Hine, Daryl (1936–)

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Hippocratic Corpus

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Hirschfeld, Magnus (1868–1935)

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Hitchcock, Alfred (1899–1980)

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Hockney, David (1937–)

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Hocquengham, Guy (1946–1988)

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Homer

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Homophile Movement

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Homophobia

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Homosexual Panic

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Homosexuality

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Hooker, Evelyn (1907–1996)

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Hoover, J. Edgar (1900–1972)

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Hössli, Heinrich (1784–1864)

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Housman, A(lfred) E(dward) (1889–1936)

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Howard, Richard (1929–)

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Hughes, Langston (1902–1967)

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Hujar, Peter (1934–1987)

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Human Rights Campaign

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Hustlers

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Ibn Sina (Avicenna) (980–1037)

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Identity Politics

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Immigration, U.S.

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Incest

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India

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Indonesia

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Ingo, William (1913–1973)

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Inquisition

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Portugal

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International Law

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Inversion

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Iran

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Ireland

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Ireland, John (1879–1962)

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Isherwood, Christopher (1904–1986)

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Islam

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Islamic Mysticism

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Islas, Arturo (1938–1991)

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Israel and Palestine

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Israel, Frank (1945–1986)

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Italian Literature

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Italian Renaissance

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Italy

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James I (1566-1625)

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James, Henry (1843–1916)

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Japan

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Japanese Literature

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Jarman, Derek (1942–1994)

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Jewel Box Revue

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Joffray Ballet

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Johns, Jasper (1930–)

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Johnson, James Weldon (1871–1938)

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Johnson, Philip C. (1906–)

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Jotras, Bill T. (1952–)

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Jorgensen, Christine (1926–1989)

entry |2 pages

JoMphui Flavlus (c.37–c.100 c.e.)

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Journalism

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Juan de la Cruz, San (1542–1591)

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Juan II of Castillo (1405–1454)

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Judaism

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Jung, Carl Gustav (1875–1961)

letter 509K|19 pages

entry |3 pages

Kabuki

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Kama Sutra

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Kant, Immanuel (1724–1804)

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Kenya

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Kertbeny, Karl Maria (1847–1882)

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Keynes, John Maynard (1883–1946)

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Khanith (also Xanith)

entry |2 pages

Kinsey, Alfred C. (1894–1986)

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Kirstein, Lincoln (1907–1996)

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Kissing

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Hopeful signs

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Klein, Calvin (1942-)

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Kleist, Heinrich von (1777–1811)

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Kliuev, Nikolai (1887–1937)

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Kohs, Ellis Bonoff (1916-)

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Krafft-Ebing, Richard von (1840–1902)

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Kramer, Larry (1935-)

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Kreis, Der (The Circle)

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Kupffer, EHsar von (1872–1942)

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Kushner, Tony (1956-)

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Kuzmin, Mikhail (1872–1936)

letter 529L|28 pages

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Lambda

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Laughton, Charles (1899–1962)

entry |1 pages

Lautréamont, Comte de (born Isidore Ducasse, 1846–1870)

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Lawrence, T. E. (1888–1935)

entry |1 pages

Leander, Zarah (1907–1981)

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Leathermen

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Legal Organizations

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Leonardo da Vlncl (1452–1819)

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Leopold and Loeb

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Lewd and Lascivious Conduct

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Leyendecker, J. C. (1874–1951)

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Lezama Lima, José (1910–1976)

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Libertines and Libertinism

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Librarians

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Libraries and Archives

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Ligon, Glenn (1960–)

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London

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Lorrain, Jean (1858–1906)

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Los Angeles

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Love Poetry, the Petrarchan Tradition

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Ludiam, Charles (1943–1987)

entry |1 pages

Ludwig (Louis) II, King of Bavaria (1845–1886)

entry |2 pages

Lully, Jean-Baptiste (1632–1687)

entry |3 pages

Lynes, George Piatt (1907–1955)

letter 557M|70 pages

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Machismo

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Mahlsdorf, Charlotte von (1928–)

entry |1 pages

Malouf, David (1934–)

entry |2 pages

Mann, Thomas (1875–1955)

entry |1 pages

Manrique Ardila, Jaime (1949–)

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Mapplethorpe, Robert (1946–1989)

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Marals, Jean (1913–1998)

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Marches and Parades

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Marches on Washington

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Marketing

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Marlowe, Christopher (1864–1593)

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Masculinity

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Mass, Lawrence (1946–)

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Masturbation

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Mattachine Society

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Matthiessen, F. O. (1902–1950)

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Maupin, Armistead (1944–)

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McAlmon, Robert (1896–1956)

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Mujûn

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NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt

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National Gay and Lesbian Task Force

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Nazism and the Holocaust

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Novo, Salvador (1904–1974)

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Nureyev, Rudolf Hametovich (1938–1993)

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O'Hara, Frank (1926–1966)

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ONE Magazine

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Orpheus

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Orton, Joe (John Kingsley) (1933–1967)

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Outing

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Owens, Craig (1950–1990)

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Owles, Jim (1946–1993)

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Paris

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Pastoralla and Penitentials

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Patrick, Robert (1938–)

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Paul, Saint (c.5-c.60 c.e.)

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Pears, Sir Peter (1910-1986)

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Pederasty

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Purdy, James (1923–)

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RFSL (Riksförbundet för sexuellt llkaberättigande—Swedish Federation for Lesbian and Gay Rights)

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Richards, Renee (1934–)

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Riggs, Marion (1957–1994)

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