Kit Heyam During his lifetime and the four centuries following his death, King Edward II (1307-1327) acquired a reputation for having engaged in sexual and romantic relationships with his male favourites, and having been murdered by penetration with a red-hot spit. The Reputation of Edward II, 1305-1697: A Literary Transformation of […]
Author Interviews
Protective Practices: A History of the London Rubber Company and the Condom Business
The story of the historic London Rubber Company and Durex condom business, with a foreword by Lesley A. Hall.
Un-Roman Sex: Gender, Sexuality, and Lovemaking in the Roman Provinces and Frontiers
Tatiana Ivleva and Rob Collins Un-Roman Sex explores how gender and sex were perceived and represented outside the Mediterranean core of the Roman Empire, focusing on gender constructs and sexual behaviours in the provinces and frontier regions. Drawing on literary, epigraphic, and archaeological evidence, the contributors present new and emerging ideas on […]
Sex, Law and the Politics of Age: Child Marriage in India, 1891-1937
Sex, Law and the Politics of Age: Child Marriage in India, 1891-1937 is a microhistory of a law restraining child marriages passed in colonial India in 1929, and a critical account of the emergence of “age” as scientific and governmental object, crucial for upholding the rule of law, for governing intimate life, and for securing gender rights and social justice, in twentieth century India.
Esther Newton’s Butch Career
I love reading and writing stories but, until my memoir, most have been about other people.
Politicizing Sex in Contemporary Africa: An Interview with Ashley Currier
Ashley Currier’s “Politicizing Sex in Contemporary Africa: Homophobia in Malawi” illustrates how elites used politicized homophobia to consolidate their moral and political authority.
Queer China: Lesbian and Gay Literature and Visual Culture
Hongwei Bao Queer China: Lesbian and Gay Literature and Visual Culture examines lesbian and gay cultural production — including literature, art, film and performance — in the People’s Republic of China (PRC or mainland China) during the post-Mao and postsocialist era (1976 to present) to map out the role of identity, […]
