Women who sold sex and men who sought sex with other men shaped the emergence of modern Paris.
Modern Europe
Sisterhood and Unity: Lesbian Activism in the (Post-)Yugoslav Space
Sisterhood and Unity explores the history and politics of lesbian activism in the (post-)Yugoslav space.
Alternative Histories of the Self: a Cultural History of Sexualities and Secrets
Five unique historical figures who developed a sense of self that reconciled their sexual nonconformity with their ethical standards.
Controlling Sex in Captivity
The book is the first critical study of heterosexual and same-sex activities involving Axis prisoners of war in the United States during World War II.
Joke Swiebel: A Lifetime of Dutch Gay Activism
Joke Swiebel looked back on the last fifty years since the January 1969 Dutch demonstration that started the modern-day gay rights movement.
Queer History and the Holocaust
Queer experiences of the Holocaust have been marginalised, ignored and denied.
Screening Swedish Sex in the United States, Language of Love (1969)
Whether Language of Love is pornographic or educational may still be up for debate, but the film was at the forefront of this conversation.
Recent Posts
Reproduction in Transition: Fertility Technology in the Lives of Sexual and Gender Minorities
The ‘Chosen Family’ Dinner: A non-normative insight into queer homemaking
“Homosexual Hearers” and Queer Musicality in Xavier Mayne’s The Intersexes (1909)
Squirming in the Dark: Playful Occupations for Sex Workers in the 1870 Census
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