The little-known history of gay life in Chicago during its first century.
Author Interviews
Contraceptive Diplomacy: Reproductive Politics & Imperial Ambitions in the United States & Japan
Contraceptive Diplomacy narrates a transnational history of birth control in the context of imperial struggles between the United States and Japan.
Homosexuality on the Small Screen: Television and Gay Identity in Britain
Homosexuality on the Small Screen examines the history of television and its role in exploring gay lives and constructing ideas around sexual identity.
The Politics of Love in Myanmar
An intimate account of a group of LGBT activists before, during, and after Myanmar’s post-2011 political transition.
Itch, Clap, Pox: Venereal Disease in the Eighteenth-Century Imagination
How venereal disease was represented in eighteenth-century British literature and art.
Queer Nuns: Religion, Activism, and Serious Parody
Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are an unaffiliated, non-celibate order of queer, activist nuns.
Obscene Pedagogies: Transgressive Talk and Sexual Education in Late Medieval Britain
Obscenity is useful as a tool for teaching about sex and consent in the Middle Ages, and today.