Orthodox Sex: Alfred Kinsey and the Re-Making of Jewish Sexuality

By Rachel Gordan 20th and 21st Century United States, Religion and Sexuality

Orthodox writers sought to educate Americans about Judaism’s approach to sex.

Queer Sex in the Archives: “Canonizing Homophile Sexual Respectability"

By Whitney Strub 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ

Sometimes the queer stars align right when it’s needed most.

Sexual Histories, Scholarly Communities: The John D’Emilio Symposium

By Ian Darnell 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ

A hallmark of D’Emilio’s work was that he engaged historical sources “emotionally and intellectually,” “with his head and his heart.”

The G-Spot: Gentrification, Transformation and Queer San Francisco

By Megan Marteny 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, Public History

The series is designed to complicate the way queerness figures in the discourse on gentrification.

Blood Ties: Queer Blood, Donations, and Citizenship

By T.J. Tallie 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, Medicine and the Body

Can queer blood be less American than straight blood?

Where are animals in the history of sexuality?

By Gabriel Rosenberg 20th and 21st Century United States, Food and Sexuality, Sexual Labour, Sexual Violence

What is the place of animals in the history of sexuality?

Sexual Pleasure, AIDS, and Gay Politics

By Dan Royles 20th and 21st Century United States, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ

In the early days of the AIDS epidemic gay men struggled to reconcile 1970s sexual openness with the growing danger of a deadly disease.