Long before people identified as transgender or lesbian, there were female husbands and the women who loved them.
NOTCHES on the Bookshelf
Serpent in the Garden: Amish Sexuality in a Changing World
Amish sexuality through the lens of Queer theory.
Love for Sale: Representing Prostitution in Imperial Russia
How was prostitution represented in Imperial Russia?
The Borders of AIDS: Race, Quarantine, and Resistance
The Borders of AIDS tells a story about how powerful people used AIDS as an opportunity to enact bans and quarantines and how ordinary people resisted.
The International LGBT Rights Movement: A History
A brief and compelling history of the international lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights movement.
An Interview with Historian Rictor Norton
NOTCHES caught up with historian Rictor Norton to discuss his views on interpreting historical homosexuality and the future of LGBTQ studies.
Wolfenden’s Women: Prostitution in Post-war Britain
How was prostitution presented in the Wolfenden Report?
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