Steel Closets: Voices of Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Steelworkers

By Anne Balay 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

If scholars look for what we think of as gay people, we’ll miss many of the queer pleasures and possibilities that exist.

Sex, Time and Place: Queer Histories of London, c.1850 to the Present

By Simon Avery LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf, United Kingdom

How do we ‘do’ queer history and how might it be constituted in multi- and interdisciplinary terms?

Rears and Vices: The Austens and Naval Sodomy

By Seth LeJacq LGBTQ, United Kingdom

Jane Austen’s brothers sat in judgement over navy men accused of sodomy.

Transnational Homosexuals in Communist Poland: Cross-Border Flows in Gay and Lesbian Magazines

By Lukasz Szulc LGBTQ, Modern Europe, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

Early gay and lesbian activism in Poland formed around the publication of DIY magazines.

Prairie Fairies: A History of Queer Communities and People in Western Canada, 1930-1985

By Valerie Korinek Canada, LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

The history of queer people in the five major western Canadian cities, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Regina, Edmonton and Calgary.

Macho Tips: The Erotics of the Mexican Body in a Gay Magazine

By Juan Carlos Mezo Gonzalez Latin American Sexualities, LGBTQ, Race and Ethnicity

The Mexican gay magazine Macho Tips (1985-1989) engaged with national ideologies of race and gender.

The World and Other Unpublished Works of Radclyffe Hall

By Jana Funke LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf, United Kingdom

New archival materials that broaden and complicate our understanding of Radclyffe Hall.