Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary observations
  • Pre-Stonewall pioneers (1953-1969)
  • Trailblazers in a hedonistic decade (1970-1980)
  • Pathfinders during a dark time (1981-1994)
  • Builders during years of loss and gain (1995-2004)
  • Stalwarts versus the supernatural and dystopian schemes (1976-2004)
  • Sleuths in comics, in movies, on television, and on stage (1964-2004)
  • General characteristics of the gay sleuth
  • Sleuths in novels, short stories, plays, and comics (1953-2004)
  • Other fictional investigators of interest (1929-2004)
  • Nonsleuthing fictional police officers (1966-2004)
  • Sleuths in movies and on television (1966-2004)
  • Sleuths in erotic videos (1973-2004)
  • Other on-screen investigators of interest (1948-2004)
  • Nonsleuthing on-screen police officers (1982-2004).