The Intermediate Sex: A Study of Some Transitional Types of Men and Women
Edward Carpenter
Read by Chuck Williamson
Written in 1908 by socialist critic and gay rights activist Edward Carpenter, The Intermediate Sex is a thoughtful, humanizing, and frequently utopian treatise on homosexuality that defies some of the period's more stultifying notions about human sexuality. In it, Carpenter argues for the legitimization of “uranianism,” recounts the history of homosexuality from antiquity to present day, highlights the great social and aesthetic work done by Uranians, and outlines some of the transformative social effects that might occur from a greater acceptance of homosexuality. (Summary by ChuckW) (3 hr 23 min)
Chapters
Prefatory Note | 2:51 | Read by Chuck Williamson |
I. Introductory | 11:50 | Read by Chuck Williamson |
II. The Intermediate Sex | 40:06 | Read by Chuck Williamson |
III. The Homogenic Attachment | 1:12:34 | Read by Chuck Williamson |
IV. Affection in Education | 38:13 | Read by Chuck Williamson |
V. The Place of the Uranian in Society | 37:34 | Read by Chuck Williamson |