Rethinking Rufus argues that enslaved black men were sexually violated by both white men and white women.
Early America
“Well Known as Miss Betty Cooper”: Gender Expression in 18th-Century Boston
One 1771 advertisement sought the recapture of an enslaved person known by two names: Cato and Miss Betty Cooper.
Discovering Sex in the Civil War
Surrounded by death, Civil War soldiers found pleasure and fraternity in sharing erotic pictures and prints.
More than Masturbatory: An Interview with April Haynes
Antebellum women’s efforts to reform sexuality through public physiology education.
A Relationship Revealed
The miniature “Beauty Revealed” suggests an erotic relationship between an early American artist and a statesman.
Histories of Sexuality and the Carceral State–Part 1
What can histories of sexuality and gender tell us about the carceral state?
Presidential Penis Politics: A Micro-History
Donald J. Trump’s penis, size unknown, has reared its head as a political issue.
Recent Posts
“Homosexual Hearers” and Queer Musicality in Xavier Mayne’s The Intersexes (1909)
Squirming in the Dark: Playful Occupations for Sex Workers in the 1870 Census
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“The best fighters of each other’s oppressions”: Trans and Non-Trans Solidarity in Lesbian Communities
“Beyond the Law”: The Politics Ending the Death Penalty for Sodomy in Britain