‘No One Helped’: Marcia Gallo on the murder of Kitty Genovese

By Lauren Gutterman 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf, Sexual Violence

As “inner cities” are being deployed as symbols of unchecked violent crime and social disintegration, the history Gallo traces is vital.

Walking Tour: Gentrification and Queer Erasure in Roanoke, Virginia

By Rachel Barton 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, Public History

Public history takes on queer erasure and gentrification in Roanoke, Virginia.

Source Alert: The FBI’s “Sex Deviates” Files

By Rachel Hope Cleves 20th and 21st Century United States

Surviving records from the FBI’s “Sex Deviates” files are now available online.

“So Complicated”: The Sexual Politics of U.S. Health Care Reform

By Beatrix Hoffman 20th and 21st Century United States

An examination of the historic beliefs and current thinking underpinning the Republican desire to repeal Obamacare.

Sexual Deviance and “Mental Defectiveness” in Eugenics Era California

By Jess Whatcott 20th and 21st Century United States, Sexual Violence

The diagnosis of mental defectiveness legitimated the state’s reproductive control of sexually promiscuous and sexually violated girls and women.

Porno Chic and the Sex Wars: A Roundtable on the Politics of Sexual Representations in the 1970s – Part 1

By Gillian Frank 20th and 21st Century United States

“Porno chic” culture of the 1970s provided an opportunity to embrace—or challenge—the sexual revolution.

Remembrance of Things Past: A Novelist Reflects on the Politics of Intergenerational Sex

By Sarah Schulman 20th and 21st Century United States

Sarah Schulman on changing attitudes towards intergenerational sex within the queer community.