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.

Between Byzantine Men

By Mark Masterson LGBTQ, Medieval, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

What role did same-sex desire play in tenth-century Byzantium?

Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender

By Kit Heyam NOTCHES on the Bookshelf, Trans

What can we learn from historic stories of gender non-conformity?

Information Activism: A Queer History of Lesbian Media Technologies

By Cait McKinney LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

How do lesbian feminists use information to build movements and worlds?