The First Homosexuals: The Birth of a New Identity, 1869-1939
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The First Homosexuals: The Birth of a New Identity, 1869-1939
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The 2026 recipient of the Stonewall Book Award – Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award Honor Title
The First Homosexuals: The Birth of a New Identity, 1869-1939 is a fully illustrated catalogue published by Monacelli Press, a Phaidon imprint. Featured are 22 original and illuminating essays by leading experts in art and queer history, each focusing on one geographical region – from Japan to Australia to the Indigenous populations of South America. In addition to Jonathan D. Katz and Johnny Willis, contributors include Juan Vincente Aliaga, Eduardo Carerra, Brian Curtain, Niharika Dinkar, André Dombrowski, Thadeus Dowad, Patrick Carland Echavarria, Esther Gabara, Pavel Golubev, Catherine Gonnard, Michael Hatt, Wenquing Kang, Tomasz Kitlinski, Tirza True Latimer, Paweł Leszkowicz, Peter McNeil, Ara H. Merjian, Douglas Pretsell, Joseph Shaikewitz, and Patrik Steorn. With 400 pages and 500 illustrations.