Joana Matias Tradition says that when the first Portuguese celebrity rumored to have contracted HIV, queer pop icon António Variações, passed in 1984, the fear of contagion was by then so entrenched that the authorities ordered his coffin be sealed. But gay men fortunate enough to get their hands on […]
Modern Europe
Love for Sale: Representing Prostitution in Imperial Russia
How was prostitution represented in Imperial Russia?
Abortion and Contraception in Modern Greece, 1830-1967
Abortion and contraception before the Pill: the case of Modern Greece.
The Correspondence of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, 1846-1894
The first critical edition of the complete correspondence of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, a founding figure in the history of sexuality.
Sexual Politics and Feminist Science: Women Sexologists in Germany, 1900-1933
German-speaking feminists created new knowledge in sexology that challenged sexist biases and expanded possibilities for gendered and sexual expression.
The Ambivalence of Gay Liberation: Male Homosexual Politics in 1970s West Germany
Gay liberation was never only about pride.
Campaigning for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Ireland, 1981-1993
For GLEN, Ireland’s Gay and Lesbian Equality Network, it was all about making equality a reality in people’s everyday lives.