‘Pray the gay away’: The Catholic Church, Sexology and Sexuality in Italy

By Chiara Beccalossi LGBTQ, Modern Europe

There is a new movement to ‘pray the gay away’ at a Catholic retreat in Angolo Terme in Brescia.

The Case of the Sultry Mountie, or, We Need to Talk about Cecil

By Justin Bengry Canada, LGBTQ

How do we discern a queer life from incomplete personal effects whose existence and content are often mediated by other family members?

Oral Histories and Alternative Archives: Disrupting the Boundaries of Queer Identities, Cultures, and Politics

By Dan Royles LGBTQ

As historians, how does the past speak to us, and when it does, how do we listen?

"The Gay Bulge" or Can We Study Medieval Sexuality Through Puns?

By Tom O'Donnell LGBTQ, Medieval

Perhaps sometimes a ‘gay bulge’ is just a gae bolga.

Beyond penetration: rethinking the murder of Edward II

By Kit Heyam LGBTQ, Medieval

Was Edward II’s brutal murder related to his sexual behaviour?

Organized Labor, Gay Liberation and the Battle Against the Religious Right, 1977-1994

By Miriam Frank 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, Religion and Sexuality

What common cause could bring organized labor together with gay liberation in the United States?

Scale – Spectacle – Spectatorship: Space as a Category of Queer Analysis

By Andrea Rottmann 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, Public History

Archives, exhibitions and historical sites operate as spaces through which ideas about LGBTQ identity can be renegotiated.