Queer history in Germany extends far beyond Berlin – that was made clear at this conference.
Modern Europe
Italian Sexualities Uncovered
Havelock Ellis explained that it had been Italian sexological works that had first prompted his interest in sexology.
An Intimate History of German Soldiers in the First World War
Some Great War soldiers transgressed masculine gender norms by dreaming of being women.
The Catholic Church and Child Sexual Abuse in Twentieth-Century Ireland
It was their word against the word of the adults, the doers of God’s work on Earth.
The New Polish Government and ‘Gender Ideology’
The crusade against ‘gender ideology’ started with a letter by the Bishops’ Conference of Poland.
Operation Hyacinth and Poland’s Pink Files
The aim of the operation was to detain, interrogate, and register both actual and alleged homosexuals.
The Cologne Sexual Assaults in Historical Perspective
The language of xenophobia and nationalism has long been staged on women’s bodies.