Histories of the Transgender Child

By Julian Gill-Peterson Author Interviews, Childhood and Youth, LGBTQ, Trans

Challenging the idea that today’s trans kids are a brand new generation.

Gender, Power and Sexual Abuse in the Pacific

By Emily Manktelow Antipodean sexualities, Author Interviews, Childhood and Youth, Sexual Violence

A microhistory of a child sexual abuse case in the South Seas Mission of the London Missionary Society.

Anticipating Sin in Medieval Society

By Erin Abraham Author Interviews, Childhood and Youth, Medieval, Religion and Sexuality, Sexual Violence

Anticipating Sin in Medieval Society explores early medieval understandings of sin, looking in particular at childhood, sexuality and violence.

‘The first lessons on sex are taught without words’: Sex Education in New Zealand

By Claire Gooder Antipodean sexualities, Childhood and Youth

New Zealand used pictures to tell 20th-century teens compelling stories about ideal sex and intimacy.

Child Sexual Abuse? A View from England in the Later Middle Ages

By Alan Kissane Childhood and Youth, Medieval, Sexual Violence

Bringing sex offenders to justice was as challenging in the Middle Ages as it is today.

Sexualisation of Girlhood During Edwardian Times

By Elodie Silberstein Childhood and Youth

Risqué Edwardian postcards are precursors and the sexualisation of childhood today.

American Child Brides and the Dangers of Underage Sex

By Nicholas Syrett Childhood and Youth

Revisiting an earlier generation of reformers exposes that marriage was not a magical cure-all.