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In WHEELS UPON WHEELS Montagu reveals for the first time what happened in 1952 when he was arrested – along with the journalist Peter Wildeblood (died in 1999) – on charges that lead to his trial and ultimate imprisonment. Montagu discusses for the very first time with frankness - and humour - his own sexuality, how he first realised his own sexual preferences were ‘ambidextrous’ and how he used his position as a Peer to campaign for a royal commission – eventually set up by Harold Macmillan under Lord Wolfenden - that led to the law being changed.

These memoirs benefit from the memories and diaries kept by his mother, who only died, aged 101, in 1986. He has also unearthed a trunk of papers relating to his trial, which he had not looked at for more than 40 years.

Is bisexuality coming out in America? Bisexual characters are surfacing on popular television shows and in film. Newsweek proclaims that a new sexual identity is emerging. But amidst this burgeoning acknowledgment of bisexuality, is there an understanding of what it means to be bisexual in a monosexual culture?

RePresenting Bisexualities seeks to answer these questions, integrating a recognition of bisexual desire with new theories of gender and sexuality. Despite the breakthroughs in gender studies and queer studies of recent years, bisexuality has remained largely unexamined. Problematic sexual images are usually attributed either to homosexual or heterosexual desire while bisexual readings remain unexplored. The essays found in RePresenting Bisexualities discuss fluid sexualities through a variety of readings from the fence, covering texts from Emily Dickinson to Nine Inch Nails. Each author contributes to the collection a unique view of sexual fluidity and transgressive desire. Taken together, these essays provide the most comprehensive bisexual theory reader to date.