“Cow protection or Gay protection?” LGBT rights, “Hindu” tradition and the Indian elections

By Onni Gust May 13, 2014 LGBTQ 5 comments

Gender and sexuality has had an important role in recent public debates in India.

Queer round the edges: Mary Stewart’s post-war middlebrow fiction (cont’d)

By Amy Tooth Murphy May 7, 2014 LGBTQ 1 comment

In Stewart’s world homosexuality in any form brings a touch of exoticism and sophistication to proceedings.

Queer round the edges: Mary Stewart’s post-war middlebrow fiction

By Amy Tooth Murphy May 6, 2014 LGBTQ 0 comments

I can’t help but apply a queer lens to everything I read.

The Archbishop’s Argument: Anglicanism, Homosexuality, and Colonial Complexities

By T.J. Tallie April 22, 2014 Empire and Colonialism, LGBTQ, Religion and Sexuality 0 comments

It is a curious and powerful discursive move to link the murder of hundreds of people in Nigeria to the vaguely described suffering of British queer people.

Male Order: Tom of Finland and the Queer Iconography of Postage Stamps

By Justin Bengry April 14, 2014 LGBTQ, Modern Europe 8 comments

How do postage stamps contribute to a public history of queer lives and sexualities?

‘In the manner of a woman’: John/Eleanor Rykener and the Inessentiality of Gender

By Kim Racon April 1, 2014 LGBTQ, Medieval 4 comments

John/ Eleanor Rykener’s confession reveals the complexity of queer lives in medieval England.

What will .GAY stand for?

By Lukasz Szulc March 25, 2014 LGBTQ, Modern Europe 1 comment

The new domains will identify websites as LGBTQ even at the basic level of internet structure, an important step forward for queering the internet.