CONTENTS OF CHAPTER XIX
Actual existence of original congenital homosexuality — Its distinction from pseudo-homosexuality — Homosexuality an anthropological phenomenon, not a manifestation of degeneration — Secondary origin of “homosexual neurasthenia” — Rarity of stigmata of degeneration among homosexuals — Early spontaneous appearance of homosexuality — As an essential product of personality — Homosexuality in the child — Physical and mental characteristics of completely developed homosexuality — Effeminate and virile urnings — Physical peculiarities of the homosexual — Mental peculiarities — Diffusion — Numbers — Ethnology of homosexuality — Earlier history and literature — Celebrated homosexual individuals — Modes of activity of homosexual love — Relations between homosexual and heterosexual individuals — Mode of sexual intercourse — Examples — Social relationships of the homosexual — Places of rendezvous — The “Allée des Veuves” of Paris — An adventure of Victor Hugo’s — Urning clubs in the Second Empire — Urning balls at Paris — Social relationships of the homosexuals of Berlin — Meeting-places of urnings — Men’s balls in Berlin — Male prostitution — Male brothels — Blackmail — § 175 — Criticism of this section — Demonstration of the necessity for its repeal — Blackmail of homosexuals and suicide — Need for the diffusion of general enlightenment regarding homosexuality — Activity of the Scientific Humanitarian Committee — Homosexuality in women — The smaller percentage of genuine female homosexuals — “Thoughts of a Solitary Woman” — Relations of homosexual women to men — The Woman’s Movement and homosexuality — Sexual relationships of tribades — The “protectrices” — Social life of tribades — Lesbian prostitution.
Appendix: Theory of Homosexuality. — Homosexuality a heterogeneous sexuality — Insufficiency of the theory of intermediate stages — My own theory of homosexuality — The significance of homosexuality in relation to civilization.