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.

Controlling Sex in Captivity

By Matthias Reiss 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, Modern Europe, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

The book is the first critical study of heterosexual and same-sex activities involving Axis prisoners of war in the United States during World War II.

Growing Up Queer: Kids and the Remaking of LGBTQ Identity

By Mary Robertson 20th and 21st Century United States, Childhood and Youth, LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

LGBTQ kids reveal what it’s like to be young and queer today.

Virgin Whore

By Emma Maggie Solberg Medieval, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf, Religion and Sexuality

A surprisingly prevalent theme in late English medieval literature and culture: the celebration of the Virgin Mary’s sexuality.

Histories of the Transgender Child

By Jules Gill-Peterson Childhood and Youth, LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf, Trans

Challenging the idea that today’s trans kids are a brand new generation.

Medicine, the Penal System and Sexual Crimes in England, 1919-1960s

By Janet Weston LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf, Sexual Violence, United Kingdom

Weston’s book is a history of 20th century medical explanations for sexual crime and medico-legal attempts at rehabilitation and cure.