Following in Vesta’s footsteps! How to name queerness in museums

By Chris Mowat January 28, 2020 LGBTQ, Public History 0 comments

Vesta Tilley is a complicated figure in respect of queerness as Museums Sheffield has uncovered.

“Men Working Together!”: The Queer Masculinity of World War Two Propaganda

By Chris Parkes March 5, 2019 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, Public History 0 comments

“The Art of War” featured a succession of posters featuring depictions of men in suggestive, even erotic, poses.

Toros vs. Mannequins: Carl Corley and Queer Identity in the American South

By Hannah Givens February 26, 2019 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, Public History 0 comments

Even as Carl Corley wrestled with classifications, he created a rare visibility for rural queer people.

‘Good on the Romans!’ Museum Visitors Reflecting on Cultural Attitudes to Sex

By Jennifer Grove January 8, 2019 History of Sexuality, Public History 2 comments

How does the public display of erotic artefacts from the past help modern visitors to reflect on their own attitudes to sex and sexuality?

The Art and Politics of the Dick Pic

By GVGK Tang July 10, 2018 20th and 21st Century United States, Medicine and the Body, Public History 0 comments

What do safer sex campaigns and their histories tell us about how erotic masculinities are crafted amid crisis?

Queer History in the Divided City: A New Approach to Digital Mapping

By Ian Darnell April 24, 2018 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, Public History 1 comment

St. Louis’s queer geography complicates patterns of racial polarization.

Walking Tour: Gentrification and Queer Erasure in Roanoke, Virginia

By Rachel Barton April 27, 2017 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, Public History 0 comments

Public history takes on queer erasure and gentrification in Roanoke, Virginia.