1. Cross dressing, sexual (mis)representation and homosexual desire, 1863-1893 / Lucy Chesser -- 2. Policing the "abominable crime' in nineteenth century Victoria / Adam Carr -- 3. 'And merrily rang the bells': gender-crossing and same-sex marriage in Australia, 1900-1940 / Ruth Ford -- 4. The origins of homosexual politics in Australia / Graham Willett -- 5. Coming out, ready or not: gay liberation politics in Queensland, 1970s-1980s / Clive Moore -- 6. Did we manage to kill 'the family'?: the media whirwind that was / Kenton Penley Miller -- 7. Gay liberation and the paradox of bisexuality / Steven Angelides -- 8. CAMP Inc. and the creation of the 'open' homosexual / Robert Reynolds -- 9. The homosexual lifestyle hypothesis and the social construction of knowledge about AIDS / Paul Sendziuk -- 10. Homosexuality and the Melbourne Truth: an annotated listing, 1913-45 / Wayne Murdoch