Pre-1950. Alfred C. Kinsey / C.A. Tripp
Henry Gerber : grandfather of the American gay movement / Jim Kepner, Stephen O. Murray
Edward Irenaeus Prime-Stevenson (Xavier Mayne) / John Lauritsen
Prescott Townsend: bohemian blueblood
a different kind of pioneer / Charles Shively
Jeannette Howard Foster / Virginia Elwood-Akers
Pearl M. Hart / Karen C. Sendziak
Lisa Ben / Florine Fleischman with Susan Bullough
Berry Berryman / Vern L. Bullough
Organizational activists. Harry Hay / Vern L. Bullough
Dale Jennings : ONE's outspoken advocate / C. Todd White
W. Dorr Legg / Wayne R. Dynes
Don Slater / Joseph Hansen
Jim Schneider: ONE's guardian angel / C. Todd White
William Edward (Billy) Glover / Vern L. Bullough
Jim Kepner / Lewis Gannett, William A. Percy III
Stella Rush a.k.a. Sten Russell / Judith M. Saunders
Helen Sandoz a.k.a. Helen Sanders a.k.a. Ben Cat / Stella Rush
Herb Selwyn / Vern L. Bullough
Hal Call: Mr. Mattachine / James T. Sears
Del Martin / Phyllis Lyon
Phyllis Lyon / Del Martin
Billye Talmadge: some kind of courage / William Fennie
Cleo Glenn (Bonner) / Phyllis Lyon, Del Martin
Pat Walker / Del Martin with assistance from Leslie Warren
Bob Basker: selling the movement / James T. Sears
Shirley Willer / Del Martin, Phyllis Lyon
Movers and shakers on the national scene. Franklin E. Kameny / David K. Johnson
Jack Nichols: the blue fairy of the gay movement / James T. Sears
Lige Clarke / Jack Nichols
Barbara Gittings: independent spirit / Kay Tobin Lahusen
Barbara Grier: climbing the ladder / Victoria A. Brownworth
Stephen Donaldson (Robert A. Martin) / Wayne R. Dynes
Randolfe Wicker / Jack Nichols
Arthur Cyrus Warner / John Lauritsen
Richard Inman / Jesse G. Monteagudo
Other voices and their influence. Allen Ginsberg: on his own terms / Gwen Brewer
Walter H. Breen (J.Z. Eglinton) / Donald Mader
Warren Johansson / William A. Percy III
Donald Webster Cory / Stephen O. Murray
Evelyn Gentry Hooker / Sharon Valente
George Weinberg / Jack Nichols
Vern L. Bullough: making the pen mightier than the sword / John P. De Cecco
Christine Jorgensen; Virginia Prince; José Sarria / Vern L. Bullough
Charlotte Coleman / Roberta Bobba
Reed Erickson: how one transsexed man supported ONE / Holly Devor
Morris Kight: community activist / Felice Picano.