NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

By Zeb Tortorici Latin American Sexualities, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

The Right in Brazil conflated communist “subversives” and left-wing politics with sexual immorality.

By Nicholas Syrett Early America, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

Antebellum women’s efforts to reform sexuality through public physiology education.

By Katherine Harvey Early Modern, LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

Same-sex couples in the early modern period claimed marriage in their own particular ways.

By Mackenzie Cooley Early Modern, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf, Religion and Sexuality

‘The witch is a witch not only because she magically devours, destroys, or rides wolves, but also because she has sex with the devil.’

By Sebastian Buckle LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf, United Kingdom

Public discourse on homosexuality through the images, ideas & judgements made about queer lives.

By Emma Vickers LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf, United Kingdom

What is the history of same-sex love and desire in the British Armed Forces?

During apartheid (1948-1990), abortion was often used as a political tool.