Conchita’s Europe: Eurovision, homonationalism and the politics of sexuality

By Lukasz Szulc LGBTQ, Modern Europe

Conchita seems to have turned attention in Poland once again to discourses on national identity, morality and gender & sexuality-related topics.

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

By Onni Gust LGBTQ

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 LGBTQ

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 LGBTQ

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 Empire and Colonialism, LGBTQ, Religion and Sexuality

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 LGBTQ, Modern Europe

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 LGBTQ, Medieval

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