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Source Alert: The FBI’s “Sex Deviates” Files

By Rachel Hope Cleves April 17, 2017 20th Century United States 0 comments

Surviving records from the FBI’s “Sex Deviates” files are now available online.

The Way Out: Sebastian Buckle on Homosexuality in Modern Britain

By Sebastian Buckle November 24, 2016 Author Interviews 0 comments

Public discourse on homosexuality through the images, ideas, and judgements made about queer lives.

American Child Brides and the Dangers of Underage Sex

By Nicholas Syrett October 25, 2016 Childhood and Youth 1 comment

Revisiting an earlier generation of reformers exposes that marriage was not a magical cure-all.

Out of the Closet, Into the Archives: Researching Sexual Histories

By Jaime Cantrell October 20, 2016 Archives of Desire 1 comment

Can an archive offer “proof” that historians often seek out?

“A Poison to the Race”: Women, Foreigners and VD in Modern Japan

By Aiko Takeuchi-Demirci October 18, 2016 Asian Sexualities 0 comments

Japanese “AIDS panics” characterized women as the carriers of foreign-born sexual diseases.

Archives of Desire: Debbie Does Death

By Josh Adair September 29, 2016 Archives of Desire 0 comments

Even in death a Republican-appointed judge wanted to be remembered for his stance against pornography.

Understanding Zika & the Abortion Debate in Brazil: A View from 1940

By Cari Maes August 3, 2016 Latin American Sexualities 0 comments

Cari Maes To date, Brazil has registered over 500 cases of Zika-related microcephaly and another 4,000 cases have yet to be confirmed. With the country set to host the 2016 Summer Olympics, what was a domestic public health crisis has attracted international concern and media attention. In particular, Zika has […]