Trips to courthouses across Nebraska raised important questions about how to conduct research on sexual violence in rural spaces.
Tag: United States history
Queer History in the Divided City: A New Approach to Digital Mapping
St. Louis’s queer geography complicates patterns of racial polarization.
Troubling Terms: The Label Problem in Transgender History
Does the question of language get to the heart of trans history as a field?
Source Alert: The FBI’s “Sex Deviates” Files
Surviving records from the FBI’s “Sex Deviates” files are now available online.
Archives of Desire: Debbie Does Death
Even in death a Republican-appointed judge wanted to be remembered for his stance against pornography.
J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI, and the “Sex Deviates” Program
The Bureau was driven by “an overarching and intense fear and loathing of gays.”
Archives of Desire: Analog Sexting
My grandparents helped pave the way for virtual trysts.