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 World 1. Constructing Social Institutions for a Soviet Gay Theory 2. Employing Social Research Methods for Soviet Gay Studies 3. The Individual-Level Institution of Soviet Fay Identity 4. Ecological-Level Institutions as Soviet Gay Places 5. Group-Level Institutions and Soviet Gay Politics Conclusion: Fraternity Without Community in the Soviet Gay World Afterword: On the Development of Fraternity and Community in the Former USSR
