Was Julien Viaud Gay? An examination of the evidence -- Contextualized suggestion and ambiguity: Aziyadé -- Discovering a fuller range of sexuality: the marriage of Loti -- A plea for sexual understanding: the story of a Spahi -- Man (men?) in love: my brother yes -- Different contexts, different sexualities: Iceland fisherman -- The origin of sexual ambiguity in the Madame Butterfly legend: Madame Chrysanthemum -- A proustian probing into childhood and the beginnings of sexuality: the story of a child -- Works of self-doubt: a phantom from the East and sailor -- Creating the allegorical gay novel: Ramuntcho -- A defence of homosexuals and a consciousness raising: The Awakened