An Interview with Historian Rictor Norton

By Stephen Brogan Author Interviews, Early Modern, LGBTQ 2 comments

NOTCHES caught up with historian Rictor Norton to discuss his views on interpreting historical homosexuality and the future of LGBTQ studies.

An Escape from Nazi Vienna: Heinrich Schrefel and Queer Holocaust history

By Anna Hajkova LGBTQ 1 comment

Heinrich Schrefels life offers a queer counterpoint to the majority of Holocaust and Austrian Jewish histories.

Introducing Queer Pasts: A New Digital History Platform

By Marc Stein LGBTQ, Public History 0 comments

Queer Pasts is a new digital history platform that will present topical exhibits featuring historical essays and primary sources.

Freaking in Interwar Britain

By Dominic Janes Author Interviews, LGBTQ, United Kingdom 0 comments

Even under the gaze of social conservatism, ‘gay’ life was hiding in plain sight.

Radical Relationships: The Civil War-Era Correspondence of Mathilde Franziska Anneke

By Alison Efford Author Interviews, Early America, LGBTQ 0 comments

The lives, letters, and “romantic friendship” shared between two women during the nineteenth century.

“Like Man and Wife:” A Same-sex Relationship Aboard the USS Pinola

By Brendan Hamilton LGBTQ 0 comments

Same-sex intimacy aboard a US Navy gunboat during the American Civil War.

United Queerdom: From the Legends of the Gay Liberation Front to the Queers of Tomorrow

By Dan Glass Author Interviews, LGBTQ, United Kingdom 0 comments

United Queerdom is a toolkit of case studies, strategies, philosophies, methodologies and tactics for LGBTQIA+ liberation in the spirit of the original aims of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF).