St. Louis’s queer geography complicates patterns of racial polarization.
20th and 21st Century United States
The College Roots of Hugh Hefner and Playboy
A college humor magazine, Shaft, documents Hugh Hefner’s first forays into commercializing sex.
A Portrait of Jane Crow: An Interview with Rosalind Rosenberg
Rosalind Rosenberg describes Pauli Murray’s struggles with her gender identity and demonstrates that Murray was truly a person ahead of her time.
Porno Chic and the Sex Wars: A Roundtable on the Politics of Sexual Representations in the 1970s – Part 2
What can pornography’s history tell us about its basic appeal?
Collecting Riot Grrrl: Sexual Awakening in NYU’s Punk Archive
NYU’s Riot Grrrl Collection is that of a movement that provided a new path for young women’s sexuality
Not Straight, Not White: A Student Interview with Kevin Mumford
An interview with author Kevin Mumford about his new book detailing the lives of black gay men from the Civil Rights Movement to the AIDS crisis
Queering Immigration in the Age of Trump: A Roundtable on Boutilier v. INS
On its 50th anniversary, a roundtable on what Boutilier v. INS can teach us about our present and queering immigration
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