Morality and Repression in the Making of Cold War Brazil

By Zeb Tortorici Latin American Sexualities, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

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

More than Masturbatory: An Interview with April Haynes

By Nicholas Syrett Early America, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

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

Same-Sex Marriage in Renaissance Rome

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.

Sex and the Devil: An Interview with Laura Stokes

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.’

The Way Out: Sebastian Buckle on Homosexuality in Modern Britain

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

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

Queen and Country: Emma Vickers on Same-Sex Desire in the British Armed Forces

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?

Abortion Under Apartheid

By Nicole Bourbonnais African Sexualities, Medicine and the Body, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf, Race and Ethnicity

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