A popular 1912 hymn imagines a close encounter with Christ and reveals the queer possibilities within evangelical Protestant liturgy and devotion.
20th and 21st Century United States
Contraceptive Diplomacy: Reproductive Politics & Imperial Ambitions in the United States & Japan
Contraceptive Diplomacy narrates a transnational history of birth control in the context of imperial struggles between the United States and Japan.
“Men Working Together!”: The Queer Masculinity of World War Two Propaganda
“The Art of War” featured a succession of posters featuring depictions of men in suggestive, even erotic, poses.
Toros vs. Mannequins: Carl Corley and Queer Identity in the American South
Even as Carl Corley wrestled with classifications, he created a rare visibility for rural queer people.
Welcome to Fairyland: Queer Miami Before 1940
“Fairyland” came to represent radically different things to discrete groups of people.
Steel Closets: Voices of Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Steelworkers
If scholars look for what we think of as gay people, we’ll miss many of the queer pleasures and possibilities that exist.
Lust on Trial: Censorship and the Rise of American Obscenity in the Age of Anthony Comstock
Lust on Trial chronicles intensive efforts to purify American sexuality (1873-1915), and their epic failure.
