The concept of sissiness, and the way the epithet is employed, is neither static nor universal.
Author Interviews
The Transformation of American Sex Education: Mary Calderone and the Fight for Sexual Health
How sex education was turned into a flashpoint of the culture wars, a stalking horse for the newly emergent extreme right wing from the late 1960s to the present.
The Italian Invert: A Gay Man’s Intimate Confessions To Emile Zola
A very queer tale, The Italian Invert is one man’s story of love affairs, sexual adventures, and the pursuit of happiness at the end of the nineteenth century.
Governing Gender and Sexuality in Colonial India
For many colonial officials, Hijras were not only a danger to ‘public morals’, but also a threat to colonial political authority.
Black Trans Feminism
Rethinking blackness, transness, and black feminism in a more radical, and freeing, way.
Foucault’s Lectures on Sexuality
Two Foucault lectures from 1964 and 1969.
Privilege, Power, and Activism in Gay Rights Politics Since the 1970s
Beyond the Politics of the Closet examines the reorientation of LGBT politics from the 1970s to the 1990s.