B: History

Among Men, Among Women: Sociological and Historcial Recognition of Homosocial Arrangements, (Gay Studies and Women's Studies Conference, University of Amsterdam, 22-26 June 1983), collected papers, (Amsterdam: Sociological Institute, University of Amsterdam, 1983)Aries, Philippe & Andre Bejin, eds., Western Sexuality: Practice and Precept in Past and Present, (Oxford: Blackwell, 1985; orig. pub. as Sexualities Occidentales, Paris: Editions du Seuil/Communications, 1982)
The Bible, References to homosexuality (some only possible):- Old Testament: Genesis 13:13, 18:20-22, 19:4-8. 19:24-25, Leviticus 18:22, 20:13, Deuteronomy 23:17-18, Judges 19:22-24, Ruth 1:16-17, II Samuel 1:26, I Kings 14:24, 15:12, 22:46, II Kings 23:7, Proverbs 10:9 New Testament: Romans 1:24-32, I Corinthians 6:9-10, Galatians 5:19-21, I Timothy 1:9-10, II Peter 2:6, Jude 1:7, Revelations 21:8, 22:15
Bravmann, Scott, Queer fictions of the past : history, culture, and difference Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press,1997.
Bullough, Vern L., "Homosexuality and the Medical Model", Journal of Homosexuality 1:6 (1975), pp. 99-110
Bullough, Vern L., Sexual Variance in Society and History, (Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1976)
Large scale survey of both western and eastern cultures in all historical periods. Groundbreaking work, but only a beginning. Has one of few discussions of Byzantine homosexuality. Has good references and foot notes
Bullough, Vern L., Sex, Society and History, (New York: Science History Publications, 1976)
Bullough, Vern L., Homosexuality: A History, (New York: New American Library, 1979)
Bullough, Vern L. and Bonnie Bullogh, Cross-Dressing, Sex, and Gender, (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvanis Press, 1993) Coote, Stephen, ed., The Penguin Book of Homosexual Verse, (Harmondsworth: Allen Lane, Penguin, 1983)
Poetry from Homer to today.
Cory, Donald W., Homosexuality: A Cross Cultural Approach, (New York: Julian Press, 1956)
Collects important early papers by authors such as Richard Burton, Westermarck, Havelock Ellis, Symondsetc.
Crompton, Louis, "Gay Genocide: From Leviticus to Hitler" in Louie Crew, ed., The Gay Academic, (Palm Springs, Ca.: Etc. Publications, 1978), pp. 67-91
Polemical title. Evidence of 200+ gay men and women put to death in the past, as well as 100-400,000 during the Third Reich. The German figures are very inflated.
Daniel, M. & A. Baudry, Les Homosexuels, (Tournai: 1973) deBecker, Raymond, The Other Face of Love, (New York: Grove Press, 1969; & London: Sphere Books), trans. Margaret Crosland and Alan Daventry Survey from Ancient times to now, with concentration on Christian world from early middle ages. Contains 172 pictures.
Duberman, Martin, Queer Representations, (New York: New York University Press, 1997)
Duberman, Martin Bauml, Martha Vincus and George Chauncey, eds. Hidden From History, New York: NAL, 1989)
An important collection of essays and articles on a broad stretch of lesbian and gay history. Very informative introduction on basic parameters.
Ellis, Havelock, "Sexual Inversion",in Studies in the Psychology of Sex 2 vols., (New York: Random House, 1905), Vol 1, pp. 1-64
One of the earliest pieces of work. Looks at where and when homosexuality has been tolerated, and lists famous gays.
Fleming, Thomas, "Criminalizing a Marginal Community",in Deviant Designations, ed. Thomas Fleming and L.A. Visono, (Toronto: Butterworths, 198?)
Fone, Byrne R.S., "Some Notes Toward a History of Gay People", The Advocate no. 259 (Jan 25, 1979), pp. 17-19 & no. 260 (Feb 28, 1979), pp. 11-13
Argues that there is material for a history of homosexuality, at least for some times.
Fone, Byrne R.S., ed., Hidden Heritage: History and the Gay Imagination: An Anthology, (New York: Avocation Publishers, 1980)
Eclectic selection of sources and commentators covering Greece, Christianity, the middle ages and the 18th and 19th centuries. Some are not easily available elsewhere such as J.A. Symonds' "The Dantesque and Platonic Ideals of Love"
Fout, John C., ed., Forbidden History: The State, Society, and the Regulation of Sexuality in Modern Europe, (Essays from the [I]Journal of the History of Sexuality[I]). (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992) Essays by Randolph Trumbach on "Sex, Gender, and Identity in Modern Culture: Male Sodomy and Female Prostitution in Enlightenment London"; Ruth Perry on "Colonizing the Breast: Sexuality and Maternity in Eighteenth Century England"; Theo van der Meer on "Female Same-Sex Offenders in Late Eighteenth Century Amsterdam"; Robin Ann Sheets on "Pornography, Fairy Tales, and Feminism: Angela Carter's 'The Bloody Chamber'"; and James W. Jones on "Discourses on and of AIDS in West Germany, 1986-1990."
Frantzen, Allen J., Before the Closet: Same-Sex Love from Beowulf to Angels in America, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999? Garde, Noel I., Jonathan to Gide: The Homosexual in History, (New York: Vantage Press, 1964)
Biographical sketches of 303 men in chronological orders. Gives the refs. that justify each inclusion. Is the author's name a puzzle? Garber, Marjorie, Vested Interests: Cross-Dressing and Cultural Anxiety, ( London: Routledge, 1992; pb. New York: HarperPerenniel, 1993) Discusses transvestism throughout history. Excellent references but no bibliography.
Hekma, Gert, Harry Oosterhuis, James Steakley, eds., Gay men and the sexual history of the political left, (Binghamton, N.Y. : Haworth Press, c1995), also issued as Journal of homosexuality 29: 2-4 (1995) Covers Europe and the US.
Hardman, Paul D., Homoaffectionalism : male bonding from Gilgamesh to the present, (San Francisco : NF Division, GLB Publishers, 1993)
Herdt, Gilbert , ed. Third sex, third gender : beyond sexual dimorphism in culture and history, (New York: Zone Books, 1994)
Hirschfeld, Magnus, Die Transvestiten, (Berlin: Alfred Pulvermacher, 1910)
Hirschfeld, Magnus, Die Homosexualitat 2nd ed., (Berlin: Louis Marcus, 1914, 1920)
By the most important founder of the early German gay rights movement. Provides list of important homosexuals in history.
Hyde, H. Montgomery, The Love That Dared Not Speak its Name: A Candid History of Homosexuality in Britain, (Boston: Little, Brown, 1970) From William II to the present Queen.]
Jennings, Kevin, Becoming Visible : A Reader in Gay and Lesbian History for High School and College Students, (Boston: Alyson, 1994)
Selections from a number of authors for use in High School LGB history courses.
Katz, Jonathan Ned, The Invention of Heterosexuality, (New York: Dutton, 1995)
Katz extends the social constructionist understanding to heterosexuality.
Karlen, Arno, Sexuality and Homosexuality: A New View, (New York: W.W. Norton, 1971)
Early overview. No footnotes, Superseded by Bullough's Sexual Variance. Homophobic
Kepner, Jim, Becoming a People: A 4000 Year Gay and Lesbian Chronology, rev. ed.,(Los Angeles: International Gay and Lesbian Archives, 1994)
Kirsch, John, & James Rodman, "The Natural History of Homosexuality", Yale Scientific Magazine 51:3 (1977), 7-13
Lamm, N., "Judaism and the Modern Attitude to Homosexuality", in Jewish Bioethics, ed. F. Rosner & J.D. Bloch, (New York: Sanhedrin Press, Hebrew Publishing Co, 1979), pp. 197-218
Lamm is the leader of Yeshiva University, and no friend of :GB groups there.
Lerner, Gerda, The Creation of Patriarchy, (New York: Oxford UP, 1986) Traces it all the way back to Meopotamia. An important feminist text. Licata, Salvatore J. & Robert P. Petersen, eds., The Gay Past: A Collection of Historical Essays, (New York & London: Harrington Park Press, 1985), repr. of Historical Perspectives on Homosexuality (1981), which was a repr. of Journal of Homosexuality 6:1/2 (1980)
Very useful edition of interdisciplinary journal. Many of the articles are cited elsewhere..
Lloyde, Robin, "The History of Boy Prostitution" in For Money or Love: Boy Prostitution in America, (New York: Vanguard Press, 1976; paperback, New York: Ballantine)
Superficial discussion of boy prostitution through history. McNeill, John, The Church and the Homosexual 4th ed., (Boston: 1993, 1st ed. 1976)
Mayne, Xavier (pseud. of Edward I.P. Stevenson), The Intersexes: A History of Similisexualism as a Problem in Social Life, (New York: Arno Press, 1975, originally pub. privately 1908)
Survey of homosexuality from early times, especially amongst rulers, aristocrats, soldiers, athletes, religious, and intellectual leaders. A very early American study.
Miller, Neil, Out of the Past: Gay and Lesbian History from 1869 to the Present, (New York: Vintage, 1995)
Readable (ie popular, not academic), and extensive (over 600 pages), account of modern lesbian and gay history in Europe and the Americas. Based on much of the academic research of recent years.
Quill, Zachary, Homosexuality Throughout the Ages, (Los Angeles: Wiz Books, 1969)
Rattray Taylor, G., Sex in History, (New York: Vanguard Press, 1954: Taylor, pb. New York; Harper and Row, 1973)
A book club favorite.
Rattray Taylor, G., "Historical and Mythological Aspects of Homosexuality" in Judd Marmor, ed., Sexual Inversion: The Multiple Roots of Homosexuality, (New York: Basic Books, 1965)
Thinks source material for a history of homosexuality is only available from 17th century. Later writers seem to have proved him pessimistic. Robinson, Victor, ed., Encyclopaedia Sexualis: A Comprehensive Encyclopaedia-Grammar of the Sexual Sciences, (New York: Dingwall-Rock, 1936)
Rowse, Alfred, L., Homosexuals in History: Ambivalence in Society, Literature and the Arts, (New York: Macmillan, 1977)
Classic example of biographical approach to homosexuality in history. Believes that homosexuals are more creative than straights..
Ruse, Michael, Homosexuality: A Philosophical Inquiry, (Oxford: Basil Balckwell, 1988)
Ruse' philosphical inquiry is not a history at all, but focuses a sharp intelligence on Freud, biology, sociobiology and natural law.
Schlick, J & M.V. Zimmermann, The Homosexual in Civil and Religious Societies, (title is in French) {Reviewed in Archives de Sciences Sociales des Religions 2(64) (1987), p. 327}
Sole, Jacque, L'amour en Occident a l'epoque moderne, (Paris: Albin Michel, 1976)
Based on a too easy dichotomy between women-esteeming and women-denying societies. Argues that the latter are the ones which denigrate homosexuality.
Spencer, Colin, Homosexuality: A History, (London: Fourth Estate, 1995; New York: Harcourt Brace, 1995)
Journalistic and under-referenced. In general it does not get beyond the approach of Rowse, and a great gays of history methodology.
Vanggaard, Thorkil, Phallos: A Symbol and Its History in the Male World, (New York: International Universities Press, 1973)
Includes information on Scandinavia.