Explore the development of left-wing sexual politics from the 1830s to the present in Gay Men and the Sexual History of the Political Left. It provides a unique documentation of socialist, anarchist, and communist ambivalence toward homosexuality and of homosexuals' involvement with the radical left wing of the political spectrum. Chapter authors are internationally recognized scholars who analyze key developments of the attitudes and policies of leftist thinkers, parties, and regimes toward homosexuality in Western Europe, the Soviet Union, and the United States.