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Tables of Contents for Gay Spirit
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
ix
Preface
xi
Introduction
xiii
PART I Our Place in the World: Culture and Identity
Flaming Without Burning: Some of the Roles of Gay People in Society
3
7
Judy Grahn
Reform or Revolution? The Challenge of Creating a Gay Sensibility
10
6
Michael Bronski
What Price Gay nationalism?
16
4
Dennis Altman
Thoughts on a Gay State
20
5
William S. Burroughs
Sex and the Politics of Identity: An Interview with Michel Foucault
25
11
Bob Gallagher
Alexander Wilson
Double Reflections: Isherwood and Bachardy on Art, Love and Faith
36
13
Mark Thompson
Children of Paradise: A Brief History of Queens
49
20
Mark Thompson
Living the Tradition: Gay American Indians
69
9
Will Roscoe
Telling a Lie for Christ?
78
10
Malcolm Boyd
We, the Fairy Headhunters
88
11
Tobias Schneebaum
Urban Aboriginals and the Celebration of Leather Magic
99
22
Geoff Mains
PART II The World Within Ourselves: Voices and Visions
Gay People at a Critical Crossroad: Assimilation or Affirmation?
121
10
Don Kilhefner
Seven Glimpses of Walt Whitman
131
21
William Moritz
Selected Insights
152
13
Edward Carpenter
I Should Have Been Listening: A Memory of Gerald Heard
165
11
Jim Kepner
A Future for the Isophyl and What Is Religion?
176
6
Gerald Heard
Harry Hay: A Voice from the Past, A Vision for the Future
182
18
Mark Thompson
In the Service of Ecstasy: An Interview with James Broughton
200
10
Mark Thompson
Visionary Love: The Magickal Gay Spirit-Power
210
27
Mitch Walker
Gay Soul Making: Coming Out Inside
237
22
A Group Interview
PART III A World of Our Making: Myth and Meaning
The Truth Come Out
259
1
Aaron Shurin
This Gay Tribe: A Brief History of Fairies
260
19
Mark Thompson
A Separate People Whose Time Has Come
279
13
Harry Hay
The Evolution of a Fairie: Notes Toward a New Definition of Gay
292
11
Mark Thompson
About the Contributors
303
6
Selected Readings
309