“Clinical Demonstration by Two Expert Intellectuals”: Robert Latou Dickinson’s Representations of Sexual Intercourse

By Donna Drucker 20th and 21st Century United States, Medicine and the Body

Dickinson’s representations of sexual encounters show the possibilities of gathering sex research data with live couples

The Boys of Fairy Town

By Jim Elledge 20th and 21st Century United States, Author Interviews, LGBTQ

The little-known history of gay life in Chicago during its first century.

“What can I do to be normal?” Queer Female Desire in Letters to Dr. Alfred Kinsey

By Amanda Littauer 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, Medicine and the Body

Many postwar Americans were obsessed with sexual normality but their stories reveal queer possibilities.

Orthodox Sex: Alfred Kinsey and the Re-Making of Jewish Sexuality

By Rachel Gordan 20th and 21st Century United States, Religion and Sexuality

Orthodox writers sought to educate Americans about Judaism’s approach to sex.