evidence of identity and political activism built around a positive interpretation of same-sex desire in the 1820s.
Tag: homosexuality
‘Pray the gay away’: The Catholic Church, Sexology and Sexuality in Italy
There is a new movement to ‘pray the gay away’ at a Catholic retreat in Angolo Terme in Brescia.
The Case of the Sultry Mountie, or, We Need to Talk about Cecil
How do we discern a queer life from incomplete personal effects whose existence and content are often mediated by other family members?
Oral Histories and Alternative Archives: Disrupting the Boundaries of Queer Identities, Cultures, and Politics
As historians, how does the past speak to us, and when it does, how do we listen?
The Sex Institute on Euston Road
One of the most significant threads the “Institute of Sexology” unwinds is the intertwined development of sexology and ways female sexuality was perceived.
Jeffrey Weeks reflects on "Sexual Politics in the Era of Reagan and Thatcher"
I can’t help thinking about the importance of having an open, exploratory, but consistent political and intellectual project.
Sexual Politics in the Era of Reagan and Thatcher: Marc Stein in Conversation with Jeffrey Weeks
In May 1988, when Marc Stein was working as the coordinating editor of Gay Community News in Boston, Massachusetts, he interviewed Jeffrey Weeks, the influential British sociologist and historian.