Cover
Contents
Prologue
Argument
Terminology
Structure
Chapter 2: Why Sexuality?
Sexuality in Historical Scholarship
Sexuality in the Study of Women and Gendercin Eastern Europe
The Queer Oral History Project
Power and Agency in Authoritarian Societies
Legal Framework of Homosexuality
From Cure to Care: Czechoslovak Sexology in its Historical Context
Beyond the Hetero-Homo Duality: Sexological Attention to Transsexuality
Gender Stereotypes in Czechoslovak Sexology
Marital Adaptation Therapy: Homosexuality and Marriage
Chapter 4: Searching for Identity
Growing up Queer
Children and Youth in Communist Ideology
Gender Animosity in Female Narratives
Searching for Queer Reference Points
Proper Gender as Camouflage for Improper Sexuality
Challenging Myths about Female Sexuality
Same-Sex Personal Ads — Reading between the Lines
Queer Family Constellations
Queer Solidarity
Chapter 6: Queer Confrontations with the State
The Hungarian Working Class Was Right to Revolt
“A Whore among Pigs”
Dear Comrades…
Chapter 7: Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Archives, Libraries, Database Collections
Printed Media Sources from the Socialist Era
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
Index