Governing Gender and Sexuality in Colonial India

By Jessica Hinchy Empire and Colonialism, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf, Trans

For many colonial officials, Hijras were not only a danger to ‘public morals’, but also a threat to colonial political authority.

Black Trans Feminism

By Marquis Bey NOTCHES on the Bookshelf, Race and Ethnicity, Trans

Rethinking blackness, transness, and black feminism in a more radical, and freeing, way.

Foucault’s Lectures on Sexuality

By notcheseditor History of Sexuality, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

Two Foucault lectures from 1964 and 1969.

Privilege, Power, and Activism in Gay Rights Politics Since the 1970s

By Jonathan Bell 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

Beyond the Politics of the Closet examines the reorientation of LGBT politics from the 1970s to the 1990s.

Illegitimacy, Family and Stigma in England, 1660-1834

By Kate Gibson Early America, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf, United Kingdom

What were the consequences of illegitimacy in the long eighteenth century?

Adventurer: The Life and Times of Giacomo Casanova

By Leo Damrosch Early Modern, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

Everyone has heard of Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798), but who was the man behind the myth?

A Secret Between Gentlemen

By Peter Jordaan LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf, United Kingdom

Rediscovering an early twentieth-century sex scandal.