March 1998: "Bisexualities" conference proceedings published in English

 The proceedings of the 1990 conference on "Bisexualities" have now been published in English:

Haeberle, E. J. and Gindorf, R. eds. "Bisexualities - The Ideology and Practice of Sexual Contact with both Men and Women", New York: Continuum 1998, pp. 266, $ 39.50 (German edition: "Bisexualitäten - Ideologie und Praxis des Sexualkontaktes mit beiden Geschlechtern" , Stuttgart: Gustav-Fischer-Verlag 1994, pp 359.)

The conference was held at the Reichstag in Berlin, July 13-15, 1990 as a separate part of the Third Berlin Conference for Sexology (the two previous conferences had been held in 1921 and 1926). It was also the first scientific conference on human bisexual behavior, and it was attended by sex researchers from Australia, Austria, China, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Hungary, Poland, the Ukraine, and the USA. Among them were many members of the International Academy of Sex Research, and some are now contributors to the present volume. Today, it can truly be said that the conference was a pioneering event, because even now, eight years later, it has still proven worthwhile to publish an English edition of its proceedings. Moreover, it also had some historical significance, because it resumed a tradition in Berlin - the birthplace of sexology - that had been destroyed by the Nazis in 1933 and had subsequently been forgotten. It was not until this conference in 1990, after the end of both the Nazi and communist dictatorships in Berlin, that the tradition could be revived.

The "Bisexualities" Conference in the Berlin Reichstag 1990

Shown here are some participants during a conference break. First row from the left: Rolf Gindorf, Erwin J. Haeberle, John Gagnon, Milton Diamond, Richard Green, Martin Weinberg, Günter Dörner, John Money, standing behind him: Eli Coleman. Also standing, between Diamond and Green, Reinhard Wille, behind him: Theo Sandfort, sitting before him: Rob Tielman. Sitting behind and between Haeberle and Gagnon: A. X. van Naerssen. (InterAction Stock. Copyright 1990 M. Diamond) (For historical precedent, click on picture: International Congress for Sex Research, Opening ceremony at the Reichstag, Berlin 1926, organized by Albert Moll.)

 The congress proceeding are now available in both a German and an English edition. The following is a table of contents of the latter:

INTRODUCTION Erwin J. Haeberle Bisexuality: History and Dimensions of a Modern Scientific Problem  FUNDAMENTALS Milton Diamond Bisexuality: A Biological Perspective John H. Gagnon, Cathy Stein Greenblat, and Michael Kimmel Bisexuality: A Sociological Perspective Eli Coleman Paradigmatic Changes in the Understanding of Bisexuality  HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL ASPECTS: The Western World Gert Hekma Bisexuality: Historical Perspectives John Money Homosexuality: Bipotentiality, Terminology, and History Jay P. Paul San Francisco's Bisexual Center and the Emergence of the Bisexual Movement  HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL ASPECTS: The Eastern World Joseph Wong Bisexuality in Early Imperial China: an Introductory Overview John P. De Cecco Bisexuality and Discretion: The Case of Pakistan Gilbert Herdt Bisexuality and the Causes of Homosexuality: The Case of the Sambia  RECENT EMPIRICAL RESEARCH Martin S. Weinberg, Colin J. Williams, and Douglas W. Pryor Becoming and Being "Bisexual" Pepper Schwartz and Philip Blumstein The Acquisition of Sexual Identity: Bisexuality Rolf Gindorf and Alan Warran Bisexualities: Heterosexual Contacts of "Gay" Men, Homosexual Contacts of "Straight" Men  CLINICAL ASPECTS Richard C. Friedman Clinical Aspects of Bisexuality among Men A. X. van Naerssen Bisexuality during the Teenage Years: A Theoretical Model and Several Clinical Experiences in Confused Identity Michael W. Ross, Alex Wodak, Julian Gold, and M. E. Miller Differences in Sexual Orientation in Relation to HIV-Risk Behavior among Intravenous Drug Addicts