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.

The Yellow Star and the Pink Triangle: Judaism and Gay Rights in the 1970s

By Gillian Frank 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, Religion and Sexuality

The struggle over gay rights evolved within the context of Dade County’s large and politically active Jewish community.

Heterosexuality in America: Fifty Years and Counting

By Marc Stein 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ

Let’s also mark the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Drum.