Bisexuality and Beyond: A History of Multiple-Gender-Attraction in Modern Britain

Historians of sexuality agree that the binary divide between gay and straight is a relatively recent social invention, only becoming dominant around the mid-twentieth-century. But focus on this binary has oversimplified and skewed the history of sexuality.

Bisexuality and Beyond is the first historical study of bisexuality in Britain. It utilizes oral histories alongside extensive archival research to explore the creation of the gay/straight binary from the perspective of those who fell bey...