Lesbian Networks of (Cat) Care During the Sex Wars

By Rachel Corbman 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ

On Thursday afternoon, August 12, 1982, Amber Hollibaugh called Dorothy Allison to finalize cat-sitting arrangements for Alice B. Toklas, the cat.

“Clinical Demonstration by Two Expert Intellectuals”: Robert Latou Dickinson’s Representations of Sexual Intercourse

By Donna Drucker 20th and 21st Century United States, Medicine and the Body

Dickinson’s representations of sexual encounters show the possibilities of gathering sex research data with live couples

The Gay Marriage Generation: How the LGBTQ Movement Transformed American Culture

By Peter Hart-Brinson 20th and 21st Century United States, Author Interviews, LGBTQ

Generational change in the imagination of sexuality caused an unprecedented shift in public opinion about same-sex marriage in the U.S.

Before AIDS: Gay Health Politics in the 1970s

By Katie Batza 20th and 21st Century United States, Author Interviews, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ, Medicine and the Body

This book traces the emergence of a vibrant and multi-faceted national gay medical infrastructure during the 1970s.

Queering Kansas City Jazz

By Amber Clifford 20th and 21st Century United States, Author Interviews, LGBTQ

A hidden and forgotten aspect of the city’s jazz scene with the stories of people experimenting with gender, sexuality, and identity.

Sensual Excess: Queer Femininity and Brown Jouissance

By Amber Musser 20th and 21st Century United States, Author Interviews, LGBTQ, Race and Ethnicity

Sensual Excess explores different iterations of racialized sexuality through the work of artists of color.

Sex in the Archives: Writing American Sexual Histories

By Barry Reay 20th and 21st Century United States, Author Interviews

Sex in the Archives is an experiment in writing an American sexual history that refuses the confines of identity in sexuality studies.