Introduction. Hidden history ; Making choices ; Good stuff to know before you dive in --
Men who loved men. What's ahead: Tchaikovsky and the men of Swan Lake ; William Shakespeare ; President Abraham Lincoln ; Mahatma Gandhi ; \tBayard Rustin --
Women who loved women. What's ahead: Freda du Faur and the mountain she named for the woman she loved ; Sappho ; Queen Anne ; Eleanor Roosevelt ; M'e Mpho Nthunya --
People who lived outside gender boundaries. What's ahead: the Chevalier d'Éon and Mademoiselle de Beaumont were the same person ; Pharaoh Hatshepsut ; Catalina de Erauso, the lieutenant nun ; We'wha ; Christine Jorgensen --
Conclusion. It's not about the numbers, it's about a safe space ; The history of the rainbow flag that brought it all together.