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

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

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 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ

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 LGBTQ

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 Early Modern, LGBTQ, Medicine and the Body

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

Thatcher and Homosexuality: Waiting for Section 28

By Bob Cant LGBTQ, United Kingdom

There was an exquisite cruelty about the way her remarks were directed towards the opposition Labour Party.

The Queer Caribbean: Conflicting Uses of the Colonial Past

By Agnes Arnold-Forster Empire and Colonialism, Latin American Sexualities, LGBTQ

Both anti-discrimination and pro-gay activists appeal to features of a pre-colonial past.

Finding the lesbian premodern: Does it take one to know one?

By Kim Racon LGBTQ, Medieval

How can we find out about female same-sex experiences and intimacy in the middle ages?