Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon are lectures in history at the University of Sydney. T

'A good job of an impossible task, looking beyond the borders of North America, Australia and northern Europe to include people who have made important contributions from outside the gay and lesbian mainstream.' - Diva'As entertaining as it is informative sets a standard in gay dictionaries and encyclopedias that others should note and follow. Highly recommended.' - Gay Times, March 2001

• A; Abba; Abse, Leo; Abzug, Bella (Savitsky); Achmat, Zackie; Ackerley, J(oe) R(andolph); Adam, Barry; Aggleton, Peter; Al Berto; Aleixandre, Vicente; Aliaga, Juan Vicente; Allen, Paula Gunn; Allen, Peter; Allison, Dorothy; Almendros, Néstor; Almodóvar, Pedro; Altman, Dennis (Patkin); Alving, Barbro; Anderson, Patrick; Andrade, Eugénio de; Andrzejewski, Jerzy; Anger, Kenneth; Arbasino, Alberto; Arenas, Reinaldo; Aron, Jean-Paul; Augiéras, François; Axgil, Axel (Johannes); B; Bachmann, Ingeborg; Bacon, Francis; Badinter, Robert; Baldwin, James; Bandler-von Frenckell, Vivica; Bang-Hansen, Arne; Barr, James Fugaté; Barthes, Roland; Baudry, André (Émile); Ben, Lisa; Bernstein, Leonard; Best, Mireille; Bieber, Irving; Blais, Marie-Claire; Blewett, Neal; Blunt, Anthony; The Body Politic Collective Members; Bogarde, Sir Dirk; Bønnelycke, Per Kleis; Bonnet, Marie-Jo; Bory, Jean-Louis; Boswell, John; Botha, Kevan; Boulerice, André; Bowie, David; Bowles, Paul (Frederick); Boy George; Boyd, Malcolm; Brant, Beth; Brantenberg, Gerd; Bray, Alan; Briggs, John V; Britten, Benjamin, Baron; Brongersma, Edward; Bronski, Michael; Brossard, Nicole; Brown, Rita Mae; Brown, Roger; Bruce of Los Angeles; Bruhn, Erik; Bryant, Anita; Bullough, Vern (LeRoy); Bunch, Charlotte; Burgess, Guy; Burroughs, William (Seward); Busi, Aldo; Bussy, Dorothy; C; Cabaj, Robert Paul; Cadinot, Jean-Daniel; Cadmus, Paul; Call, Hal; Callas, Maria; Cameron, Edwin; Cammermeyer, Magarethe; Camus, Renaud; Capote, Truman; Cárdenas, Nancy; Cardín, Alberto; Castells, Manuel; Cazuza; Cernuda, Luis; Chatwin, Bruce; Chauncey, George; Chicago, Judy; Cliff, Michelle; Clift, Montgomery; Clod, Bente; Close, Roberta; Cohen, Steven; Cohn, Roy; Collard, Cyril; Collinson, Laurence (Henry); Comisso, Giovanni; Corinne, Tee A; Corley, Carl; Corn, Alfred; Cory, Donald Webster; Courage, James (Francis); Courte, Bernard René; Cowell, Roberta; Crisp, Quentin; Croft-Cooke, Rupert; Croome, Rodney; D; Daly, Mary; Damata, Gasparino; Damien, John; Daniel, Herbert; Davidson, Michael; De Cecco, John P; Dean, James; Degeneres, Ellen; Delaney, Colin John; Delaney, Samuel; Deleuze, Gilles; D'Emilio, John; Detrez, Conrad; Diana, Princess of Wales; Dietrich, Marlene; Ditsie, Beverley; Dlugos, Tim; Dollimore, Jonathan; Donahue, Phil; Doty, Mark; Doucé, Joseph; Dover, Sir Kenneth; Driberg, Thomas (Tom) Edward Neil; Duberman, Martin Bauml; Duncan, George (Ian Ogilvie); Duncan, George (Ian Ogilvie); E; Eaubonne, Françoise-Marie-Thérèse d'; Egan, Jim; Eikvam, Turid; Elliott, Sumner Locke; Elmer, Martin; Emaer, Fabrice; Engelschman, Nico; Espaliu, Pepe; F; Faderman, Lillian; Falwell, Jerry; Fashanu, Justin; Fassbinder, Rainer Werner; Fernandez, Dominique; Fernie, Lynne; Fichte, Hubert; Finch, Peter; Findley, Timothy; Fini, Leonor; Flanner, Janet; Flood, Maurice; Flores, Joseph; Fluvià, Armand de; Fogedgaard, Helmer; Foix, Vicente Molina; Ford, Tom; Foucault, Michel; Francia, John Baptist; François, Jocelyne; Frank, Barney; Freedman, Estelle B; Fretheim, Tor; Friele, Karen-Christine; Friend, Donald; Fries, Kenny; G; Gadda, Carlo Emilio; Galliano, John; Gallo, Robert; Garmeson, Bertram Eugene Joseph; Gaultier, Jean-Paul; Genet, Jean; Gevisser, Mark; Gil-Albert, Juan; Gil de Biedma, Jaime; Gilbert, Sky; Ginsberg, Allen; Girard, David; Gleeson, James; Gombrowicz, Witold; Gómez Arcos, Agustín; Gottlieb, Mike; Goytisolo, Juan; Grahn, Judy; Gray, Stephen; Great Garlic Girls, The; Green, G(eorge) F(rederick); Green, Julien; Grillini, Franco; Gründgens, Gustaf; Guattari, Félix; Guérin, Daniel; Guibert, Hervé; Gunn, Thom; H; Hacker, Marilyn; Hahn, Pierre; Halperin, David M.; Hanlo, Jan; Hannon, Gerald; Hansen, Joseph; Hardwick, Michael; Haring, Keith; Harris, Jonathan; Hay, Henry, Jr; Heath, Gordon; Hekma, Gert; Hellbach, Hans Dietrich; Hemphill, Essex; Herbert, John; Herdt, Gilbert; Hertoft, (Helge) Preben; Higgins, Terrence ‘Terry'; Hill, Charles C; Hill, Lister; Hislop, George; Hockney, David; Hocquenghem, Guy; Hogan, Desmond; Hollinghurst, Alan; Holmes, James S; Hooker, Evelyn; Hoover, J(ohn) Edgar; Horwitz, Jerome; Hudson, Rock; Hughes, Langston; Hulme, Juliet; Humphreys, Laud; Humphries, Barry; I; Iglesia, Eloy de la; Ihimaera-Smiler, Witi Tame; Inge, William; Ioannou, Yiorgos; Isherwood, Christopher; Isherwood, Christopher; J; Jääskeläinen, Raimo; Jansson, Tove Marika; Jarman, Derek; Jay, Karla; Jersild, Jens; John, Sir Elton; Johnson, Philip (Cortelyou); Johnston, Craig; Johnston, Jill; Jones, Bill T; Jones, Cleve; Jordan, Barbara (Charline); Jorgensen, Christine; Jouhandeau, Marcel; K; Kameny, Frank; Kampmann, Christian (Peter Georg); Katz, Jonathan Ned; Kellendonk, Frans; Kerouac, Jack; Kharitonov, Yevgeny; Khumalo, Thokozile; Kihlman, Christer; King, Billie Jean; Kinsey, Alfred; Kinsman, Gary; Kirby, Michael; Kirstein, Lincoln; Klippenvåg, Odd; Knuth, Count Eigil; Knutsen, Per; Komrij, Gerrit; König, Ralf; Kramer, Larry; Kushner, Tony; L; Lang, k.d; Lapinsky, Sheila; Laurencin, Marie; Lavoie, René; Le Bitoux, Jean; Lemon, Denis; Le Vay, Simon; Leavitt, David; Legg, W. Dorr; LePan, Douglas V; Lešnik, Bogdan; Lezama Lima, José; Li, Alan; Liberace; Lindstad, Gro; List, Herbert; Lorde, Audre; Louganis, Greg; Lowe, Chris; Lowzow, Wenche Bryn; Lynch, Michael; Lyon, Phyllis; M; Mac Liammóir, Mícheál; Madonna; Malouf, David; Mandela, Nelson (Rolihlahla); Mandelson, Peter; Mann, Jonathan; Mapplethorpe, Robert; Marcuse, Herbert; Martin, Dorothy; Martin, Robert K(essler); Mascarenhas, João Antônio de Souza; Mason, Angela; Matlovich, Leonard; Matos, Nemir; Matthiasen, Niels; Maugham, Robin; Maupin, Armistead; McCaskell, Tim; McCullers, Carson; McKellen, Sir Ian; Meier, Karl; Meinhof, Ulrike (Marie); Melo, Guilherme de; Mendicutti, Eduardo; Mercury, Freddie; Merrill, James; Metcalfe, Robin; Meyer, Detlev; Michals, Duane; Midler, Bette; Mieli, Mario; Milk, Harvey; Millet, Kate; Minton, John; Mirguet, Paul; Mishima, Yukio; Moix, Ana Maria; Moix, Terenci; Moldenhauer, Jearld; Monette, Paul; Monferrand, Hélène de; Monroe, Armand; Monsiváis, Carlos; Montagnier, Luc; Mossop, Brian; Mott, Luiz; Moura, Federico; Mozeti?, Brane; Mujica Lainez, Manuel; Murray, Stephen O; Musia?, Grzegorz; Myles, Eileen; N; Nájera, Francisco; Navarre, Yves; Navratilova, Martina; Negrón-Muntaner, Frances; Neill, A(lexander) (Sutherland); Nestle, Joan; Newton, Esther; Nkoli, Tseko Simon; Noble, Elaine; Norris, David; Nureyev, Rudolf; O; Ocaña, José Pérez; Omann, Sven; Orton, Joe; Ottinger, Ulrike; P; Panero, Leopoldo María; Parker, Pauline Yvonne; Pasolini, Pier Paolo; Pasqual, Lluís; Pastre, Geneviève; ‘Patient Zero'; Patrioli, Tony; Pears, Peter; Pegge, John; Penna, Sandro; Penteado, Darcy; Pereleshin, Valery; Peri Rossi, Cristina; Perry, Troy D.; Pet Shop Boys; Peyrefitte, Roger; Picano, Felice; Pierre & Gilles; Piñera, Virgilio; Pittenger, (William) Norman; Pizarnik, Alejandra; Plummer, Kenneth; Pombo, Álvaro; Popp, Wolfgang; Poulenc, Francis; Praunheim, Rosa von; Premsela, Benno; Prinsloo, Koos; Puig, Manuel; Punshon, Monte; R; Rame, Knud; Rauset, Øyvind; Reagan, Ronald; Rechy, John; Reed, Lou; Reinig, Christa; Rekola, Mirkka Elina; Renault, Mary; Reve, Gerard; Reznor, Trent; Rich, Adrienne; Rive, Richard; Robbins, Jerome; Roberts, Ian; Robinson, Svend; Rochefort, Christiane; Roffiel, Rosamaría; Rorem, Ned; Rosen, Wilhelm von; Ross, Sinclair; Rowse, A(lfred) L(eslie); Rule, Jane; Russell, Craig; Russo, Renato; Russo, Vito; S; Saint Laurent, Yves; Saisio, Pirkko Helena; Sánchez, Luis Rafael; Sanders, Douglas Esmond; Santi, Piero; Sapphire; Sarduy, Severo; Sargeson, Frank; Sarria, José; Sarton, May; Sartre, Jean-Paul; Saslow, James M.; Schwarzer, Alice; Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky; Seel, Pierre; Selvadurai, Shyam; Sénac, Jean; Shelley, Martha; Shepard, Matthew; Shilts, Randy; Smart, Jeffrey; Smith, Ann; Smith, Chris; Socarides, Charles; Somerville, Jimmy; Spear, Allan; Spellman, Francis Cardinal; Springfield, Dusty; S?arosta, S?awek; Stefan, Verena; Stefano, Joey; Steward, Samuel (Morris); Stockwood, (Arthur) Mervyn; Studds, Gerry; Sullivan, Andrew; Sylvester; T; Taktsis, Costas; Tatchell, Peter; Taylor, Dame Elizabeth; Tennant, Neil; Testori, Giovanni; Thandekiso, Tsietsi; Thatcer, Margaret; Thesiger, Sir Wilfred; Thorpe, Jeremy; Tielman, Rob; Tippett, Sir Michael; Tom of Finland; Toms, Ivan; Tondelli, Pier Vittorio; Torfason, Hördur; Tournier, Michel; Tratnik, Suzana; Tremblay, Michel; Trifonov, Gennady Nikolaevich; Trudeau, Pierre Elliot; Tsarouchis, Yannis; Tusquets, Esther; Tutu, Desmond (Mpilo); U; Uys, Pieter-Dirk; V; Vallières, Pierre; Van Beeren, Bet; Van Dantzig, Rudi; Van Hattum, Jacob; Vanggaard, Thorkil; Vargas, Chavela; Vaughan, (John) Keith; Versace, Gianni; Vicinus, Martha; Vidal, Gore; Viktiuk, Roman Grigorievich; Village People, The; Villena, Luis Antonio de; Visconti, Luchino; Vriend, Delwin; W; Waddell, Tom; Walsh, María Elena; Walter, Aubrey; Ware, John; Warhol, Andy; Waring, Marilyn; Warner, Tom; Warren, Patricia Nell; Waters, John; Watney, Simon; Watson, Lex; Webb, Clifton; Weeks, Jeffrey; Weinberg, Martin (Stephen); West, D(onald) J(ames); White, Edmund; White, Patrick; Whitehouse, Mary; Whitton, Charlotte; Wildeblood, Peter; Williams, Cecil; Williams, Kenneth; Williams, Tennessee; Wills, Sue; Wilson, Sir Angus; Wilson, Douglas; Winkler, Josef; Winterson, Jeanette; Wittig, Monique; Wolfenden, John Frederick; Wolff, Charlotte; Y; Young, Ian; Z; Zapata, Luis; Zaremba, Eve

Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon are lectures in history at the University of Sydney. T

'A good job of an impossible task, looking beyond the borders of North America, Australia and northern Europe to include people who have made important contributions from outside the gay and lesbian mainstream.' - Diva'As entertaining as it is informative sets a standard in gay dictionaries and encyclopedias that others should note and follow. Highly recommended.' - Gay Times, March 2001

• A; Abba; Abse, Leo; Abzug, Bella (Savitsky); Achmat, Zackie; Ackerley, J(oe) R(andolph); Adam, Barry; Aggleton, Peter; Al Berto; Aleixandre, Vicente; Aliaga, Juan Vicente; Allen, Paula Gunn; Allen, Peter; Allison, Dorothy; Almendros, Néstor; Almodóvar, Pedro; Altman, Dennis (Patkin); Alving, Barbro; Anderson, Patrick; Andrade, Eugénio de; Andrzejewski, Jerzy; Anger, Kenneth; Arbasino, Alberto; Arenas, Reinaldo; Aron, Jean-Paul; Augiéras, François; Axgil, Axel (Johannes); B; Bachmann, Ingeborg; Bacon, Francis; Badinter, Robert; Baldwin, James; Bandler-von Frenckell, Vivica; Bang-Hansen, Arne; Barr, James Fugaté; Barthes, Roland; Baudry, André (Émile); Ben, Lisa; Bernstein, Leonard; Best, Mireille; Bieber, Irving; Blais, Marie-Claire; Blewett, Neal; Blunt, Anthony; The Body Politic Collective Members; Bogarde, Sir Dirk; Bønnelycke, Per Kleis; Bonnet, Marie-Jo; Bory, Jean-Louis; Boswell, John; Botha, Kevan; Boulerice, André; Bowie, David; Bowles, Paul (Frederick); Boy George; Boyd, Malcolm; Brant, Beth; Brantenberg, Gerd; Bray, Alan; Briggs, John V; Britten, Benjamin, Baron; Brongersma, Edward; Bronski, Michael; Brossard, Nicole; Brown, Rita Mae; Brown, Roger; Bruce of Los Angeles; Bruhn, Erik; Bryant, Anita; Bullough, Vern (LeRoy); Bunch, Charlotte; Burgess, Guy; Burroughs, William (Seward); Busi, Aldo; Bussy, Dorothy; C; Cabaj, Robert Paul; Cadinot, Jean-Daniel; Cadmus, Paul; Call, Hal; Callas, Maria; Cameron, Edwin; Cammermeyer, Magarethe; Camus, Renaud; Capote, Truman; Cárdenas, Nancy; Cardín, Alberto; Castells, Manuel; Cazuza; Cernuda, Luis; Chatwin, Bruce; Chauncey, George; Chicago, Judy; Cliff, Michelle; Clift, Montgomery; Clod, Bente; Close, Roberta; Cohen, Steven; Cohn, Roy; Collard, Cyril; Collinson, Laurence (Henry); Comisso, Giovanni; Corinne, Tee A; Corley, Carl; Corn, Alfred; Cory, Donald Webster; Courage, James (Francis); Courte, Bernard René; Cowell, Roberta; Crisp, Quentin; Croft-Cooke, Rupert; Croome, Rodney; D; Daly, Mary; Damata, Gasparino; Damien, John; Daniel, Herbert; Davidson, Michael; De Cecco, John P; Dean, James; Degeneres, Ellen; Delaney, Colin John; Delaney, Samuel; Deleuze, Gilles; D'Emilio, John; Detrez, Conrad; Diana, Princess of Wales; Dietrich, Marlene; Ditsie, Beverley; Dlugos, Tim; Dollimore, Jonathan; Donahue, Phil; Doty, Mark; Doucé, Joseph; Dover, Sir Kenneth; Driberg, Thomas (Tom) Edward Neil; Duberman, Martin Bauml; Duncan, George (Ian Ogilvie); Duncan, George (Ian Ogilvie); E; Eaubonne, Françoise-Marie-Thérèse d'; Egan, Jim; Eikvam, Turid; Elliott, Sumner Locke; Elmer, Martin; Emaer, Fabrice; Engelschman, Nico; Espaliu, Pepe; F; Faderman, Lillian; Falwell, Jerry; Fashanu, Justin; Fassbinder, Rainer Werner; Fernandez, Dominique; Fernie, Lynne; Fichte, Hubert; Finch, Peter; Findley, Timothy; Fini, Leonor; Flanner, Janet; Flood, Maurice; Flores, Joseph; Fluvià, Armand de; Fogedgaard, Helmer; Foix, Vicente Molina; Ford, Tom; Foucault, Michel; Francia, John Baptist; François, Jocelyne; Frank, Barney; Freedman, Estelle B; Fretheim, Tor; Friele, Karen-Christine; Friend, Donald; Fries, Kenny; G; Gadda, Carlo Emilio; Galliano, John; Gallo, Robert; Garmeson, Bertram Eugene Joseph; Gaultier, Jean-Paul; Genet, Jean; Gevisser, Mark; Gil-Albert, Juan; Gil de Biedma, Jaime; Gilbert, Sky; Ginsberg, Allen; Girard, David; Gleeson, James; Gombrowicz, Witold; Gómez Arcos, Agustín; Gottlieb, Mike; Goytisolo, Juan; Grahn, Judy; Gray, Stephen; Great Garlic Girls, The; Green, G(eorge) F(rederick); Green, Julien; Grillini, Franco; Gründgens, Gustaf; Guattari, Félix; Guérin, Daniel; Guibert, Hervé; Gunn, Thom; H; Hacker, Marilyn; Hahn, Pierre; Halperin, David M.; Hanlo, Jan; Hannon, Gerald; Hansen, Joseph; Hardwick, Michael; Haring, Keith; Harris, Jonathan; Hay, Henry, Jr; Heath, Gordon; Hekma, Gert; Hellbach, Hans Dietrich; Hemphill, Essex; Herbert, John; Herdt, Gilbert; Hertoft, (Helge) Preben; Higgins, Terrence ‘Terry'; Hill, Charles C; Hill, Lister; Hislop, George; Hockney, David; Hocquenghem, Guy; Hogan, Desmond; Hollinghurst, Alan; Holmes, James S; Hooker, Evelyn; Hoover, J(ohn) Edgar; Horwitz, Jerome; Hudson, Rock; Hughes, Langston; Hulme, Juliet; Humphreys, Laud; Humphries, Barry; I; Iglesia, Eloy de la; Ihimaera-Smiler, Witi Tame; Inge, William; Ioannou, Yiorgos; Isherwood, Christopher; Isherwood, Christopher; J; Jääskeläinen, Raimo; Jansson, Tove Marika; Jarman, Derek; Jay, Karla; Jersild, Jens; John, Sir Elton; Johnson, Philip (Cortelyou); Johnston, Craig; Johnston, Jill; Jones, Bill T; Jones, Cleve; Jordan, Barbara (Charline); Jorgensen, Christine; Jouhandeau, Marcel; K; Kameny, Frank; Kampmann, Christian (Peter Georg); Katz, Jonathan Ned; Kellendonk, Frans; Kerouac, Jack; Kharitonov, Yevgeny; Khumalo, Thokozile; Kihlman, Christer; King, Billie Jean; Kinsey, Alfred; Kinsman, Gary; Kirby, Michael; Kirstein, Lincoln; Klippenvåg, Odd; Knuth, Count Eigil; Knutsen, Per; Komrij, Gerrit; König, Ralf; Kramer, Larry; Kushner, Tony; L; Lang, k.d; Lapinsky, Sheila; Laurencin, Marie; Lavoie, René; Le Bitoux, Jean; Lemon, Denis; Le Vay, Simon; Leavitt, David; Legg, W. Dorr; LePan, Douglas V; Lešnik, Bogdan; Lezama Lima, José; Li, Alan; Liberace; Lindstad, Gro; List, Herbert; Lorde, Audre; Louganis, Greg; Lowe, Chris; Lowzow, Wenche Bryn; Lynch, Michael; Lyon, Phyllis; M; Mac Liammóir, Mícheál; Madonna; Malouf, David; Mandela, Nelson (Rolihlahla); Mandelson, Peter; Mann, Jonathan; Mapplethorpe, Robert; Marcuse, Herbert; Martin, Dorothy; Martin, Robert K(essler); Mascarenhas, João Antônio de Souza; Mason, Angela; Matlovich, Leonard; Matos, Nemir; Matthiasen, Niels; Maugham, Robin; Maupin, Armistead; McCaskell, Tim; McCullers, Carson; McKellen, Sir Ian; Meier, Karl; Meinhof, Ulrike (Marie); Melo, Guilherme de; Mendicutti, Eduardo; Mercury, Freddie; Merrill, James; Metcalfe, Robin; Meyer, Detlev; Michals, Duane; Midler, Bette; Mieli, Mario; Milk, Harvey; Millet, Kate; Minton, John; Mirguet, Paul; Mishima, Yukio; Moix, Ana Maria; Moix, Terenci; Moldenhauer, Jearld; Monette, Paul; Monferrand, Hélène de; Monroe, Armand; Monsiváis, Carlos; Montagnier, Luc; Mossop, Brian; Mott, Luiz; Moura, Federico; Mozeti?, Brane; Mujica Lainez, Manuel; Murray, Stephen O; Musia?, Grzegorz; Myles, Eileen; N; Nájera, Francisco; Navarre, Yves; Navratilova, Martina; Negrón-Muntaner, Frances; Neill, A(lexander) (Sutherland); Nestle, Joan; Newton, Esther; Nkoli, Tseko Simon; Noble, Elaine; Norris, David; Nureyev, Rudolf; O; Ocaña, José Pérez; Omann, Sven; Orton, Joe; Ottinger, Ulrike; P; Panero, Leopoldo María; Parker, Pauline Yvonne; Pasolini, Pier Paolo; Pasqual, Lluís; Pastre, Geneviève; ‘Patient Zero'; Patrioli, Tony; Pears, Peter; Pegge, John; Penna, Sandro; Penteado, Darcy; Pereleshin, Valery; Peri Rossi, Cristina; Perry, Troy D.; Pet Shop Boys; Peyrefitte, Roger; Picano, Felice; Pierre & Gilles; Piñera, Virgilio; Pittenger, (William) Norman; Pizarnik, Alejandra; Plummer, Kenneth; Pombo, Álvaro; Popp, Wolfgang; Poulenc, Francis; Praunheim, Rosa von; Premsela, Benno; Prinsloo, Koos; Puig, Manuel; Punshon, Monte; R; Rame, Knud; Rauset, Øyvind; Reagan, Ronald; Rechy, John; Reed, Lou; Reinig, Christa; Rekola, Mirkka Elina; Renault, Mary; Reve, Gerard; Reznor, Trent; Rich, Adrienne; Rive, Richard; Robbins, Jerome; Roberts, Ian; Robinson, Svend; Rochefort, Christiane; Roffiel, Rosamaría; Rorem, Ned; Rosen, Wilhelm von; Ross, Sinclair; Rowse, A(lfred) L(eslie); Rule, Jane; Russell, Craig; Russo, Renato; Russo, Vito; S; Saint Laurent, Yves; Saisio, Pirkko Helena; Sánchez, Luis Rafael; Sanders, Douglas Esmond; Santi, Piero; Sapphire; Sarduy, Severo; Sargeson, Frank; Sarria, José; Sarton, May; Sartre, Jean-Paul; Saslow, James M.; Schwarzer, Alice; Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky; Seel, Pierre; Selvadurai, Shyam; Sénac, Jean; Shelley, Martha; Shepard, Matthew; Shilts, Randy; Smart, Jeffrey; Smith, Ann; Smith, Chris; Socarides, Charles; Somerville, Jimmy; Spear, Allan; Spellman, Francis Cardinal; Springfield, Dusty; S?arosta, S?awek; Stefan, Verena; Stefano, Joey; Steward, Samuel (Morris); Stockwood, (Arthur) Mervyn; Studds, Gerry; Sullivan, Andrew; Sylvester; T; Taktsis, Costas; Tatchell, Peter; Taylor, Dame Elizabeth; Tennant, Neil; Testori, Giovanni; Thandekiso, Tsietsi; Thatcer, Margaret; Thesiger, Sir Wilfred; Thorpe, Jeremy; Tielman, Rob; Tippett, Sir Michael; Tom of Finland; Toms, Ivan; Tondelli, Pier Vittorio; Torfason, Hördur; Tournier, Michel; Tratnik, Suzana; Tremblay, Michel; Trifonov, Gennady Nikolaevich; Trudeau, Pierre Elliot; Tsarouchis, Yannis; Tusquets, Esther; Tutu, Desmond (Mpilo); U; Uys, Pieter-Dirk; V; Vallières, Pierre; Van Beeren, Bet; Van Dantzig, Rudi; Van Hattum, Jacob; Vanggaard, Thorkil; Vargas, Chavela; Vaughan, (John) Keith; Versace, Gianni; Vicinus, Martha; Vidal, Gore; Viktiuk, Roman Grigorievich; Village People, The; Villena, Luis Antonio de; Visconti, Luchino; Vriend, Delwin; W; Waddell, Tom; Walsh, María Elena; Walter, Aubrey; Ware, John; Warhol, Andy; Waring, Marilyn; Warner, Tom; Warren, Patricia Nell; Waters, John; Watney, Simon; Watson, Lex; Webb, Clifton; Weeks, Jeffrey; Weinberg, Martin (Stephen); West, D(onald) J(ames); White, Edmund; White, Patrick; Whitehouse, Mary; Whitton, Charlotte; Wildeblood, Peter; Williams, Cecil; Williams, Kenneth; Williams, Tennessee; Wills, Sue; Wilson, Sir Angus; Wilson, Douglas; Winkler, Josef; Winterson, Jeanette; Wittig, Monique; Wolfenden, John Frederick; Wolff, Charlotte; Y; Young, Ian; Z; Zapata, Luis; Zaremba, Eve

Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon are lectures in history at the University of Sydney. T

'A good job of an impossible task, looking beyond the borders of North America, Australia and northern Europe to include people who have made important contributions from outside the gay and lesbian mainstream.' - Diva'As entertaining as it is informative sets a standard in gay dictionaries and encyclopedias that others should note and follow. Highly recommended.' - Gay Times, March 2001

• A; Abba; Abse, Leo; Abzug, Bella (Savitsky); Achmat, Zackie; Ackerley, J(oe) R(andolph); Adam, Barry; Aggleton, Peter; Al Berto; Aleixandre, Vicente; Aliaga, Juan Vicente; Allen, Paula Gunn; Allen, Peter; Allison, Dorothy; Almendros, Néstor; Almodóvar, Pedro; Altman, Dennis (Patkin); Alving, Barbro; Anderson, Patrick; Andrade, Eugénio de; Andrzejewski, Jerzy; Anger, Kenneth; Arbasino, Alberto; Arenas, Reinaldo; Aron, Jean-Paul; Augiéras, François; Axgil, Axel (Johannes); B; Bachmann, Ingeborg; Bacon, Francis; Badinter, Robert; Baldwin, James; Bandler-von Frenckell, Vivica; Bang-Hansen, Arne; Barr, James Fugaté; Barthes, Roland; Baudry, André (Émile); Ben, Lisa; Bernstein, Leonard; Best, Mireille; Bieber, Irving; Blais, Marie-Claire; Blewett, Neal; Blunt, Anthony; The Body Politic Collective Members; Bogarde, Sir Dirk; Bønnelycke, Per Kleis; Bonnet, Marie-Jo; Bory, Jean-Louis; Boswell, John; Botha, Kevan; Boulerice, André; Bowie, David; Bowles, Paul (Frederick); Boy George; Boyd, Malcolm; Brant, Beth; Brantenberg, Gerd; Bray, Alan; Briggs, John V; Britten, Benjamin, Baron; Brongersma, Edward; Bronski, Michael; Brossard, Nicole; Brown, Rita Mae; Brown, Roger; Bruce of Los Angeles; Bruhn, Erik; Bryant, Anita; Bullough, Vern (LeRoy); Bunch, Charlotte; Burgess, Guy; Burroughs, William (Seward); Busi, Aldo; Bussy, Dorothy; C; Cabaj, Robert Paul; Cadinot, Jean-Daniel; Cadmus, Paul; Call, Hal; Callas, Maria; Cameron, Edwin; Cammermeyer, Magarethe; Camus, Renaud; Capote, Truman; Cárdenas, Nancy; Cardín, Alberto; Castells, Manuel; Cazuza; Cernuda, Luis; Chatwin, Bruce; Chauncey, George; Chicago, Judy; Cliff, Michelle; Clift, Montgomery; Clod, Bente; Close, Roberta; Cohen, Steven; Cohn, Roy; Collard, Cyril; Collinson, Laurence (Henry); Comisso, Giovanni; Corinne, Tee A; Corley, Carl; Corn, Alfred; Cory, Donald Webster; Courage, James (Francis); Courte, Bernard René; Cowell, Roberta; Crisp, Quentin; Croft-Cooke, Rupert; Croome, Rodney; D; Daly, Mary; Damata, Gasparino; Damien, John; Daniel, Herbert; Davidson, Michael; De Cecco, John P; Dean, James; Degeneres, Ellen; Delaney, Colin John; Delaney, Samuel; Deleuze, Gilles; D'Emilio, John; Detrez, Conrad; Diana, Princess of Wales; Dietrich, Marlene; Ditsie, Beverley; Dlugos, Tim; Dollimore, Jonathan; Donahue, Phil; Doty, Mark; Doucé, Joseph; Dover, Sir Kenneth; Driberg, Thomas (Tom) Edward Neil; Duberman, Martin Bauml; Duncan, George (Ian Ogilvie); Duncan, George (Ian Ogilvie); E; Eaubonne, Françoise-Marie-Thérèse d'; Egan, Jim; Eikvam, Turid; Elliott, Sumner Locke; Elmer, Martin; Emaer, Fabrice; Engelschman, Nico; Espaliu, Pepe; F; Faderman, Lillian; Falwell, Jerry; Fashanu, Justin; Fassbinder, Rainer Werner; Fernandez, Dominique; Fernie, Lynne; Fichte, Hubert; Finch, Peter; Findley, Timothy; Fini, Leonor; Flanner, Janet; Flood, Maurice; Flores, Joseph; Fluvià, Armand de; Fogedgaard, Helmer; Foix, Vicente Molina; Ford, Tom; Foucault, Michel; Francia, John Baptist; François, Jocelyne; Frank, Barney; Freedman, Estelle B; 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