Coming out at work was challenging enough but it was often overlooked in the early gay liberation movement.
United Kingdom
Out and about with GLF in London, September 1971
There’s a real buzz about GLF and I want to be part of it.
Moral Instruction, Venereal Disease, and Eugenic Manliness during World War I
Sexual health and the preservation of eugenically valuable British servicemen.
Dardanella and Peter: What does Microhistory offer to the History of Sexuality?
How is modern microhistory useful for understanding early twentieth-century sexual modernism in Britain?
Medicine, the Penal System and Sexual Crimes in England, 1919-1960s
Weston’s book is a history of 20th century medical explanations for sexual crime and medico-legal attempts at rehabilitation and cure.
Homosexuality on the Small Screen: Television and Gay Identity in Britain
Homosexuality on the Small Screen examines the history of television and its role in exploring gay lives and constructing ideas around sexual identity.
Itch, Clap, Pox: Venereal Disease in the Eighteenth-Century Imagination
How venereal disease was represented in eighteenth-century British literature and art.
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