Sisterhood and Unity: Lesbian Activism in the (Post-)Yugoslav Space

By Bojan Bilić LGBTQ, Modern Europe, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

Sisterhood and Unity explores the history and politics of lesbian activism in the (post-)Yugoslav space.

Before AIDS: Gay Health Politics in the 1970s

By Katie Batza 20th and 21st Century United States, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ, Medicine and the Body, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

This book traces the emergence of a vibrant and multi-faceted national gay medical infrastructure during the 1970s.

Queering Kansas City Jazz

By Amber Clifford 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

A hidden and forgotten aspect of the city’s jazz scene with the stories of people experimenting with gender, sexuality, and identity.

Sensual Excess: Queer Femininity and Brown Jouissance

By Amber Musser 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf, Race and Ethnicity

Sensual Excess explores different iterations of racialized sexuality through the work of artists of color.

Love, Sex, and Desire in Modern Egypt: Navigating the Margins of Respectability

By Lisa Wynn African Sexualities, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf, Sexual Violence

Set in transnational Cairo over a two-decade period, this book is an ethnography about love and desire.

Alternative Histories of the Self: a Cultural History of Sexualities and Secrets

By Anna Clark LGBTQ, Modern Europe, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

Five unique historical figures who developed a sense of self that reconciled their sexual nonconformity with their ethical standards.

Sex in the Archives: Writing American Sexual Histories

By Barry Reay 20th and 21st Century United States, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

Sex in the Archives is an experiment in writing an American sexual history that refuses the confines of identity in sexuality studies.