Come to My Cottage: Queer Pleasures and Female Fandom in the Silent Hollywood Era

By Diana Anselmo 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ

A century before Heated Rivalry (2025), female moviegoers enjoyed producing queer readings of silent Hollywood stars.

A Love Letter to Bolts Nightclub

By Stephen Brogan Gay nightlife, LGBTQ, United Kingdom

Bolts was one of the most vibrant LGBTQ nightclubs in 1980s London, renowned for its Hi-NRG music and its weekly shows that were at the vanguard of gay culture.

Criminally Queer: The Bolton 7

By Hugh Sheehan LGBTQ, United Kingdom

Criminally Queer: The Bolton 7 looks back at one of the most shocking miscarriages of justice in recent British LGBTQ+ history

Left Out: Boys, Sex, and the Challenge of “Gross Indecency” Records in Irish History

By Averill Earls LGBTQ, Modern Europe, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

Child sex work is unspeakable, but what do we lose by avoiding those conversations?

Deep Sniff: A History of Poppers and Queer Futures

By Adam Zmith LGBTQ, Medicine and the Body, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

A radical exploration of the history of poppers and their place in queer culture and experience.

Drag: A British History

By Jacob Bloomfield LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf, United Kingdom

A fresh history of British drag performance in all its ubiquity, glamour, fun, and tawdriness.

“Dolled up to the nines to go to a flippin’ public toilet!”: Cruising in Belfast During the Troubles

By Niall Herron LGBTQ, Modern Europe

Does gay public sex help end violent conflict? Perhaps, or at least it makes for a good start.