Acknowledgements
Introduction
Patriarchy and democracy
Imperialism and patriarchy
The rise of gay rights
The fall of empire
The fall of empire from the rise of gay rights to the 1967 decriminalization
The fall of empire in the era of gay rights in the United States and Britain
A. American resistance movements
B. Impact on Britain and elsewhere
Conservative reaction in the United States
Limited impact on Britain and elsewhere
Gay rights in former British colonies : legacy of empire?
Canada
South Africa
India
Gay rights as universal human rights
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