How do we ‘do’ queer history and how might it be constituted in multi- and interdisciplinary terms?
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Rears and Vices: The Austens and Naval Sodomy
Jane Austen’s brothers sat in judgement over navy men accused of sodomy.
‘This isn’t so boring if you can get an outside climax’: Dr Joan Malleson and sexual counselling in Britain
Archival recordings of sexual counselling sessions illuminate how sexual problems might be understood by both practitioners and patients.
The World and Other Unpublished Works of Radclyffe Hall
New archival materials that broaden and complicate our understanding of Radclyffe Hall.
The Fraternity of the Estranged: The Fight for Homosexual Rights in England, 1891-1908
An untold history of the early fight for homosexual rights in England.
Carnal Knowledge: Regulating Sex in England, 1470-1600
Sexual behaviour was strictly regulated in late medieval and Tudor England.
The Victorian with a Secret
One man’s private collection of Victorian pornography is now an important historical source.