"Positioning himself firmly on the radical side, D'Emilio advocates nothing less than a total reevaluation of our society's sexual paradigm. Although a single voice is heard in these essays, D'Emilio's call for gays and lesbians to move beyond minority status to one of freedom and choice, `to embark on new journeys of sexual definition,' may well be the rallying cry for renewed activism in the struggle for social justice." -- LibraryJournal

• Part One: Rewriting History 1. Capitalism and Gay Identity 2. Dreams Deferred: The Birth and Betrayal of America's First Gay Liberation Movement 3. The Homosexual Menace: The Politics of Sexuality in Cold War America 4. Gay Politics, Gay Community: San Francisco's Experience 5. Gay History: A New Field of Study Part Two: Remaking the University 6. The Universities and the Gay Experience 7. The Issue of Sexual Preference on College Campuses: Retrospect and Prospect 8. Not a Simple Matter: Gay History and Gay Historians 9. The Campus Environment for Gay and Lesbian Life 10. Inaugurating the First Lesbian and Gay Studies Department: San Francisco City College 11. Gay and Lesbian Studies: New Kid on the Block? 12. Graduation Day Part Three: Living Politics 13. Making and Unmaking Minorities: The Tension between Gay History and Politics 14. The Supreme Court and the Sodomy Statutes: Where Do We Go From Here? 15. Saturday Nights 16. Women Against Pormography: Feminist Frontier or Social Purity Crusade? 17. The Names Project Quilt: A People's Memorial 18. You Can't Build a Movement on Anger 19. A Generation of Progress 20. After Stonewall