Gay liberation was never only about pride.
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Queering Romantic Engagement in the Postal Age: A Rhetorical Education
On the everyday rhetorical ingenuity of queer romantic letter-writing practices in the nineteenth-century United States.
The Shapes of Fancy: Reading for Queer Desire in Early Modern Literature
The Shapes of Fancy stages an impassioned defense of the inherently desirous nature of reading.
Queer as Cop: Gay Patrol Units and the White Fantasy of Safety
In 1970s United States gay patrol units rallied around their whiteness to produce a sense of safety.
Campaigning for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Ireland, 1981-1993
For GLEN, Ireland’s Gay and Lesbian Equality Network, it was all about making equality a reality in people’s everyday lives.
Lady Chatterley’s Lover: A Queer Case
The Chatterley trial hinged on the disavowing or defending of ‘deviant’ sexual acts within the novel, making it a distinctly queer case.
Trans America: A Counter-History
Despite the prominence of what is now called trans in contemporary culture, there is a shortage of comprehensive trans histories.