Includes bibliographical references (pages 619-646) and index.
Part I. The myth of the patriarchs -- The Greek revision -- Homosexual and pansexual -- The Christian bedrock -- The capital sin -- The bisexual glory -- Marrieds and libertines -- Mollies and roarers -- The Victorians -- Part II. The scientific overture -- The witch reborn -- The apologists -- Beyond the west -- The life -- The age of irony -- New Expectations -- Instincts and analysts -- The life till the fifties -- Going for facts -- Part III. Genes and hermaphrodites -- The erotic disguise -- Across the gender line -- Wired for gender -- Instead of latency -- From outrage to boredom -- In other worlds -- Masculine-feminine -- In the shadows -- Other outsiders -- Cure or illusion -- The logic of the law