Elberskirchen sounds to us today like an extraordinary voice. Yet what is striking is that she was rather ordinary.
Modern Europe
Gay Berlin? No, Queer Baden-Württemberg
Queer history in Germany extends far beyond Berlin – that was made clear at this conference.
Italian Sexualities Uncovered
Havelock Ellis explained that it had been Italian sexological works that had first prompted his interest in sexology.
An Intimate History of German Soldiers in the First World War
Some Great War soldiers transgressed masculine gender norms by dreaming of being women.
The Catholic Church and Child Sexual Abuse in Twentieth-Century Ireland
It was their word against the word of the adults, the doers of God’s work on Earth.
The New Polish Government and ‘Gender Ideology’
The crusade against ‘gender ideology’ started with a letter by the Bishops’ Conference of Poland.
Operation Hyacinth and Poland’s Pink Files
The aim of the operation was to detain, interrogate, and register both actual and alleged homosexuals.
Recent Posts
Come to My Cottage: Queer Pleasures and Female Fandom in the Silent Hollywood Era
A Love Letter to Bolts Nightclub
Criminally Queer: The Bolton 7
The Massage Establishments Scandal: Coding and De-coding Sex Work at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
Left Out: Boys, Sex, and the Challenge of “Gross Indecency” Records in Irish History