Her Neighbor’s Wife: A History of Lesbian Desire within Marriage

By Lauren Gutterman 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ

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.

Die Bi(e)! Reading Bisexual Women’s History

By Lauren Gutterman LGBTQ

Female bisexuality generates both particularly intense anger and fetishization that demand greater historical attention.

‘No One Helped’: Marcia Gallo on the murder of Kitty Genovese

By Lauren Gutterman 20th and 21st Century United States, Author Interviews, LGBTQ, Sexual Violence

As “inner cities” are being deployed as symbols of unchecked violent crime and social disintegration, the history Gallo traces is vital.

Femme Histories Roundtable – Part II

By Lauren Gutterman LGBTQ

How can the experiences of feminine lesbians or queer women change our understanding of the history of sexuality?

Femme Histories Roundtable – Part I

By Lauren Gutterman LGBTQ

To what extent has female masculinity shaped lesbian and/or queer women’s histories?

Christmas Isn’t for Queers

By Lauren Gutterman 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ

Christmas experiences of those stuck outside the quintessential white, middle-class, nuclear family.

“The Gay Revolution”: An Interview with Lillian Faderman

By Lauren Gutterman 20th and 21st Century United States, Author Interviews, LGBTQ

The Gay Revolution provides a moving account of the LGBT movement in the United States.