Jo Somerset reads between the lines to decipher a gay couple’s secret life in Leicester during the twentieth century.
Recent Posts
Her Neighbor’s Wife: A History of Lesbian Desire within Marriage
Her Neighbor’s Wife traces the stories of hundreds of women who struggled to balance marriage and same-sex desire in the postwar United States.
‘Cao Cao loved him’: Same-sex love at the end of the Han dynasty
Same-sex intimacy was commonplace throughout the Han dynasty, including the turbulent Three Kingdoms era.
The Glamour Boys: The Secret Story of the Rebels who Fought for Britain to Defeat Hitler
NOTCHES sits down with Chris Bryant as he discusses his new book The Glamour Boys with Richard Grayson.
The Queer Case of Catherine/Giovanni Vizzani
What does the case of Catherine/Giovanni Vizzani reveal about gender identity and sexual desire in the Eighteenth Century?
Raúl Luis Suarez’s Smile and The Ruthless Archive
As historians know, the archive is ruthless in preserving categories over time.
Queer as Cop: Gay Patrol Units and the White Fantasy of Safety
In 1970s United States gay patrol units rallied around their whiteness to produce a sense of safety.
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Illegitimacy in Medieval Scotland, 1100-1500
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The Correspondence of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, 1846-1894
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Sexual Politics and Feminist Science: Women Sexologists in Germany, 1900-1933
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The People’s Porn: A History of Handmade Pornography in America
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Lesbianism and the Criminal Law: Three Centuries of Legal Regulation in England and Wales
