Barry D Adam, Professor of Sociology, University of Windsor, is the author of The Rise of a Gay and Lesbian Movement and Experiencing HIV (with Alan Sears). Jan Willem Duyvendak, Professor of Community Development, Erasmus University of Rotterdam, has published two books on the new social movements and one on the gay movement. Andre Krouwel is Assistant Professor of Comparative Political Science at the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam.

"This book fills a self-evident gap in the social and political literature on sexual identity movements." -Robert W. Bailey, Rutgers University "The last twenty-five years have seen a creative and original theorizing from sociologists and political scientists about social movements and collective political behavior. In the pages of this book these two intellectual worlds finally meet, and our understanding of politics and social change is the wiser because of it. It deserves wide readership." -John D'Emilio, author of Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities "This important collection explores the origins and development of lesbian and gay movements across a range of countries, from north to south, including Canada, the U.S., select European countries, select Latin American countries, Japan, Australia, and southern Africa." -Canadian Journal of Sociology Online "...a necessary reminder that many of our queer white male compatriots have a long way to go before they really 'get' what feminists and people of color have been saying about power and difference. For this is a book about power and sameness among queers, and differences get sacrificed to the author's pursuit of what is specifically and universally queer (or, rather, specifically and universally lesbian and gay)." -Contemporary Women's Issues Database

• CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction The editors Chapter 2 Moral Regulation and the Disintegrating Canadian State Barry D Adam Chapter 3 Gay and Lesbian Movements in the United States: Dilemmas of Identity, Diversity, and Political Strategy Steven Epstein Chapter 4 "More Love and More Desire": The Building of a Brazilian Movement James N. Green Chapter 5 Democracy and Sexual Difference: The Lesbian and Gay Movement in Argentina Stephan Brown Chapter 6 The Lesbian and Gay Movement in Britain: Schisms, Solidarities, and Social Worlds Ken Plummer Chapter 7 The Dutch Lesbian and Gay Movement: The Politics of Accommodation Judith Schuyf and Andre Krouwell Chapter 8 Gay and Lesbian Activism in France: Between Integration and Community-Oriented Movements Olivier Fillieule and Jan Willem Duyvendak Chapter 9 Passion for Life: A History of the Lesbian and Gay Movement in Spain Richard Llamas and Fefa Vila Translated from the Spanish by Stephan Brown Chapter 10 Gay and Lesbian Movements in Eastern Europe: Romania, Hungary, and the Czech Republic Scott Long Chapter 11 Emerging Visibility of Gays and Lesbians in Southern Africa: Contrasting Contexts Mai Palmberg Chapter 12 Japan: Finding its Way Wim Lunsing Chapter 13 The Largest Street Party in the World: The Gay and Lesbian Movement in Australia Geoffrey Woolcock and Dennis Altman Chapter 14 Gay and Lesbian Movements beyond Borders? National Imprints of a Worldwide Movement The Editors Index