Understandings of romantic love and its place in courtship and marriage have meant very different things to different people over time.
Month: February 2014
The Allure of the Castrato
An introduction to one of the sex symbols of the eighteenth century: the castrato.
Glad To Be Gay in Scarborough (1980)
Lesbians and gay men could begin to participate in union activities to make the workplace habitable for everyone.
What should LGBT History Month say about Empire?
Robert Baden-Powell, Cecil Rhodes and Lawrence of Arabia have three things in common.
"Call me Kuchu": history, homophobia and the burden of the past
Sunday 26th January 2014 marked three years since the murder of David Kato.
A Bit of Casual Sex Up North: And What it Could Mean to the History of Sexuality
Lots of working-class men having sex with each other in fields, behind pubs, at each others houses and, perhaps most significantly, at work.
LGBT History Month: Are We Celebrating or Relegating LGBT History?
There has been little question as to whether having a single month devoted to discussing such histories is actually regressive