Polari is the language of survival—a play on words, a political act.
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The Languages of Queer History
The language of desire and embodiment is not an inert or transparent medium. Studying the language of queer history gives us insight into past efforts to control the social value of gender and sexuality by defining their meaning.
Pubic Politics in Homosexual Action Groups in 1970s West Germany
How should a leftist style their pubic hair?
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Reproduction in Transition: Fertility Technology in the Lives of Sexual and Gender Minorities
LGBTQ+ people utilizing fertility technologies may face discrimination, prejudice, and the need to balance a trajectory of gender affirming medical care with prenatal care.
The ‘Chosen Family’ Dinner: A non-normative insight into queer homemaking
At the bookshop Libreria a table is set for dinner, but unusually the books are complemented by plates painted with plump juicy peaches and bowls drawn with cocks.
“Homosexual Hearers” and Queer Musicality in Xavier Mayne’s The Intersexes (1909)
In The Intersexes (ca 1909), Edward Prime-Stevenson used gossip to support his queer readings of 19th-century symphonic music.
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Family Matters: Queer Households and the Half-Century Struggle for Legal Recognition
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Slapping Leather: Queer Cowfolx at the Gay Rodeo
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A Queer New York: Geographies of Lesbians, Dykes, and Queers
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Will the Sissy be Triumphant?
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The Transformation of American Sex Education: Mary Calderone and the Fight for Sexual Health
