A fresh examination of the development of homosexual culture during the nineteenth century in Europe and America describes the lives of gay men and women, how they discovered their sexuality, how they made contact with like-minded people, the relationship of gay culture to religion, and how homosexuals were treated by society. Reprint. 15,000 first printing. A fresh examination of the development of homosexual culture during the nineteenth century in Europe and America describes the lives of gay men and women, how they discovered their sexuality, how they made contact with like-minded people, the relationship of gay culture to religion, and how homosexuals were treated by society. Reprint. List of Illustrations vii 1. PREJUDICE 1(16) PART ONE 2. IN THE SHADOWS 17(23) 3. COUNTRY OF THE BLIND 40(44) 4. OUTINGS 84(41) PART TWO 5. MIRACULOUS LOVE 125(31) 6. SOCIETY OF STRANGERS 156(18) 7. A SEX OF ONES OWN 174(23) PART THREE 8. FAIRY TALES 197(36) 9. GENTLE JESUS 233(20) 10. HEROES OF MODERN LIFE 253(19) APPENDICES I. Criminal Statistics 272(4) II. 'A Categoric Personal Analysis for the Reader' 276(2) III. Map of Uranian Europe 278(2) Acknowledgements 280(1) NOTES 281(26) WORKS CITED 307(25) INDEX 332