Homosexuality and Science : A Guide to the Debates

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This comprehensive resource explores the role of science and scientific discovery in the nature versus pathology debate surrounding homosexuality.

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Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Victorian Doctors Tackle Onanism and the Sexual Perversions	p. 5
Turn-of-the-Century Sexual Inverts	p. 39
From the Gay Twenties to Homosexual Panic	p. 59
Screening Out Homosexuals	p. 87
The Cold War and the Sexual Revolution	p. 103
The Triumph and Decline of Psychiatric Models	p. 127
"Off the Couches, into the Streets!"	p. 149
From Gay Pride to the Gay Plague	p. 167
Millennial Queers	p. 187
Documents	p. 221
Gynomania (1881)	p. 221
In Defense of Cross-Dressing (1884)	p. 224
Alice Mitchell of Memphis: A Case of Sexual Perversion or "Urning" (a Paranoiac) (1892)	p. 225
Sexual Inversion in Men (1896)	p. 229
Effeminate Men and Masculine Women (1900)	p. 233
Homo Sexual Complexion Perverts in St. Louis: Note on a Feature of Sexual Psychopathy (1907)	p. 235
The Psychology of the Acute Homosexual Panic (1921)	p. 237
The Biological Sport of Fairie-ism (1934)	p. 240
Why Do Homosexuals Undergo Treatment? (1934)	p. 248
Psychogenic Factors in Overt Homosexuality (1937)	p. 250
Can Homosexuality Be Cured? (1951)	p. 260
It Is Natural After All (1958)	p. 263
Does Research Into Homosexuality Matter? (1965)	p. 265
Homosexuality and Cultural Value Systems (1973)	p. 271
Chronology	p. 275
Glossary	p. 279
Bibliography	p. 285
Index	p. 309
About the Author	p. 323
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