Encyclopedia of Gay Histories and Cultures

George E. Haggerty is professor of English at the University of California, Riverside, and was founder and co-chair of the program in Gay, California, Berkeley, and is author of several books, including Men in Love:Masculinity and Sexuality in the Eighteenth Century (1999).

• A: Abû Nuwâs (c.747–762 to e.813–815); Ackerley, J. R. (1896–1967); Acosta-Posada, Juan David (1954–); ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power); Activism, International; Activism, U.S.; Adelphopolêsis; Adult Bookstores; Advocate; Aelred of Rlevaulx (1110–1167); Aesthetlclsm; Africa: Precolonial sub-Saharan Africa; African American Gay Culture; Aging; AIDS; AIDS in the U.S. Media; AIDS Literature; AIDS Organizations, U.S.; AIDS Performance; AIDS Qullt Songbook; AIDS Writing in France; Alley, Alvin (1931–1989); Alan of Lille (c.1120–1203); Albee, Edward (1928–); Albert the Great (c.1200–1280); Alclbiadea Boy at School (L'Alcibiade fanclullo a scola); Alcohol and Drugs; Alexander the Great (356–323 b.c.e.); Alexandria; Alger, Horatio (1832–1899); Almodóvar, Pedro (1949–); Altman, Dennis (1943–); American Indian/Alaskan Native Gender Identity and Sexuality; Amsterdam; Anarchism; Androgyny; Anger, Kenneth (1930?–); Animal Sexual Behavior; Anthropology; Antlgay Initiatives and Propositions (U.S. Law); Arabian Nights; Arabic Literature; Arakl, Gregg (I960–); Architecture; Arcidiácono, Carlos (1929–); Arenas, Reinaldo (1943–1990); Argentina; Armah, Ayi Kwei (1939–); Art History; Artemidorus (c.138–160 c.e.); Arvln, Newton (1900–1963); Ashbery, John (1927–); Asians in North America; Assimilation; Athens; Athletic Model Guild; Auden, W. H. (1907–1973); Augustine of Hippo (354–430); Australia; Australian Literature; Autobiographical Writing; B: ; Bacon, Francis (1909–1992); Baldwin, James (1924–1987); Ballet (British); Ballets Russes; Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo; Bang, Herman (1857–1912); Bangkok; Barba Jacob, Porfirio (Miguel Angel Osorlo, 1883–1942); Barber, Samuel (1910–1981); Barnfield, Richard (1574–1620); Barr, James (Fugatá) (1922–1995); Barthé, James Richmond (1901–1989); Barthes, Roland (1915–1980); Bathhouses and Sex Clubs; Bazille, Jean-Frédéric (1841–1870); Beam, Joseph Fairchild (1954–1988); Bear Culture; Beat Generation; Beaton, Cecil (Walter Hardynine, 1

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