Blood Ties: Queer Blood, Donations, and Citizenship

By T.J. Tallie September 23, 2014 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, Medicine and the Body 3 comments

Can queer blood be less American than straight blood?

Ian Paisley (1926-2014) and the ‘Save Ulster From Sodomy!’ Campaign

By Sean Brady September 16, 2014 LGBTQ, Religion and Sexuality, United Kingdom 3 comments

Religion and sectarianism long shaped the sexualities and lives of LGBT people in Northern Ireland.

Sexual Pleasure, AIDS, and Gay Politics

By Dan Royles August 26, 2014 20th and 21st Century United States, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ 1 comment

In the early days of the AIDS epidemic gay men struggled to reconcile 1970s sexual openness with the growing danger of a deadly disease.

The Yellow Star and the Pink Triangle: Judaism and Gay Rights in the 1970s

By Gillian Frank August 19, 2014 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, Religion and Sexuality 3 comments

The struggle over gay rights evolved within the context of Dade County’s large and politically active Jewish community.

Heterosexuality in America: Fifty Years and Counting

By Marc Stein July 22, 2014 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ 0 comments

Let’s also mark the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Drum.

Born This Way? Sexual Science and the Invention of a Political Strategy

By Jana Funke July 15, 2014 LGBTQ 0 comments

The ‘born this way’ argument has also been subjected to substantial criticism.

‘A Temporary Member’: ‘Hermaphrodites’ and Sexual Identity in Early Modern Russia

By Marianna Muravyeva June 24, 2014 Early Modern, LGBTQ, Medicine and the Body 4 comments

‘Hermaphrodites’ represented a true puzzle for the authorities and local community.