“Beyond the Law”: The Politics Ending the Death Penalty for Sodomy in Britain

By Charles Upchurch LGBTQ, United Kingdom

Beyond the Law focuses on the multiple ways various groups of individuals in the early nineteenth century understood what sodomy was, and what constituted an ethical response to it.

Outrageous! The Story of Section 28 and Britain’s Battle for LGBT Education

By Paul Baker LGBTQ

Are there parallels between the homophobic 1980s and the present day?

A Secret Between Gentlemen

By Peter Jordaan LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf, United Kingdom

Rediscovering an early twentieth-century sex scandal.

Between Byzantine Men

By Mark Masterson LGBTQ, Medieval, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

What role did same-sex desire play in tenth-century Byzantium?

Information Activism: A Queer History of Lesbian Media Technologies

By Cait McKinney LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

How do lesbian feminists use information to build movements and worlds?

The International LGBT Rights Movement: A History

By Laura Belmonte LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

A brief and compelling history of the international lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights movement.

An Interview with Historian Rictor Norton

By Stephen Brogan Early Modern, LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

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