This work describes and analyzes the individual identities, social-ecological "landscape", and group undertakings among the homosexual population of the Soviet Union during the final years of the communist regime.
Introduction: Fraternity Versus Community in the Soviet Gay World1. Constructing Social Institutions for a Soviet Gay Theory2. Employing Social Research Methods for Soviet Gay Studies3. The Individual-Level Institution of Soviet Fay Identity4. Ecological-Level Institutions as Soviet Gay Places5. Group-Level Institutions and Soviet Gay PoliticsConclusion: Fraternity Without Community in the Soviet Gay WorldAfterword: On the Development of Fraternity and Community in the Former USSR
