Andrew Erdman’s book is the first biography of female impersonator Julian Eltinge.
NOTCHES on the Bookshelf
Queer Crafts: LGBTQ+ Identity, Politics, and Cultural Expression
Craft is not simply the act of making; it is a powerful site of identity, politics, and cultural expression.
On the Origins of Queer Islamophobia in Germany: from Sex Tourism to Queer Fascism in The Color of Desire
The story of the making of homonationalism is also the story of its unmaking.
Coloring into Existence: Queer of Color Worldmaking in Children’s Literature
Emerging out of the history of radical feminist and BIPOC publishers, here are three independent publishers of LGBTQ+ children’s literature.
The Log Books: Voices of Queer Britain from the Switchboard Helpline
A helpline that has listened to LGBTQ+ people of Britain since 1974.
The Lion, the Witch, and the Closet? Friendship and Queer Desire in the Life of C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis and his friend Arthur Greeves had a queer relationship. This article approaches it with a focus on desire, sexuality, and literature.
What Franco’s Archives Accidentally Preserved About Queer Life in Spain
The archive was a technology of power that paradoxically ended up preserving the very traces of queer life it set out to eradicate.
