The Intermediate Sex: A Study of Some Transitional Types of Men and Women


Read by Chuck Williamson

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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