Acknowledgments
Permissions
Introduction
Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862), from his journals
Walt Whitman (1819–1892), from his letters to Peter Doyle
Henry James (1843–1916), from his letters to Hendrick Andersen
Charles Warren Stoddard (1843–1909), "Chumming with a Savage: Kána-aná"
Alexander Berkman (1870–1936), from Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist
Claude Hartland (1871–?), from The Story of a Life
Earl Lind (1874–?), from Autobiography of an Androgyne
Russell Cheney (1881–1945) and F. O. Matthiessen (1902–1950), from Rat and the Devil
"Jeb Alexander" (1899–1965), from Jeb and Dash
Glenway Wescott (1901–1987), from Continual Lessons
Lincoln Kirstein (1906–1996), "Carlsen, Crane"
Samuel M. Steward (Phil Andros) (1909–1993), "The Magic Summer"
Paul Goodman (1911–1972), from Five Years
Tobias Schneebaum (1922–2005), "The Priest and the Pagans"
Ned Rorem (b. 1923), from The New York Diary
Edward Field (b. 1924), "Gay in the Army"
Minette (1928–2001), from Recollections of a Part-Time Lady
Martin Duberman (b. 1930), from Cures
Michael Rumaker (b. 1932), from A Day and a Night at the Baths
John Rechy (b. 1934), from The Sexual Outlaw
Alan Helms (b. 1937), from Young Man from the Provinces
Arnie Kantrowitz (b. 1940), from Under the Rainbow
Edmund White (b. 1940), "Writing Gay"
Samuel R. Delany (b. 1942), from The Motion of Light in Water
Andrew Holleran (b. 1943), "My Harvard"
Paul Monette (1945–1995), "Puck"
Jaime Manrique (b. 1949), "The Last Days of Reinaldo Arenas"
Kevin Killian (b. 1952), "Cherry"
Michael Klein (b. 1954), "The End of Being Known"
David Wojnarowicz (1954–1992), "Memories That Smell Like Gasoline"
David B. Feinberg (1956–1994), "On the Drip"
David Sedaris (b. 1956), "Hejira"
Essex Hemphill (1957–1995), "Ceremonies"
Wayne Koestenbaum (b. 1960), "The Aryan Boy"
Gil Cuadros (1962–1996), "Chivalry"
Justin Chin (b. 1969), from Attack of the Man-Eating Lotus Blossoms