Reproductive control and violence have been a hallmark of immigration policy in the United States for over a century.
Race and Ethnicity
The Rape of Rufus? Sexual Violence against Enslaved Men
Rethinking Rufus argues that enslaved black men were sexually violated by both white men and white women.
Sensual Excess: Queer Femininity and Brown Jouissance
Sensual Excess explores different iterations of racialized sexuality through the work of artists of color.
Contraceptive Diplomacy: Reproductive Politics & Imperial Ambitions in the United States & Japan
Contraceptive Diplomacy narrates a transnational history of birth control in the context of imperial struggles between the United States and Japan.
Macho Tips: The Erotics of the Mexican Body in a Gay Magazine
The Mexican gay magazine Macho Tips (1985-1989) engaged with national ideologies of race and gender.
A Portrait of Jane Crow: An Interview with Rosalind Rosenberg
Rosalind Rosenberg describes Pauli Murray’s struggles with her gender identity and demonstrates that Murray was truly a person ahead of her time.
Too Hot and Horny for the Centers for Disease Control
Conservative resistance to government funding for AIDS education was racialized and sexualized.
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