Cleveland Street is an acknowledged milestone of London’s sexual past.
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Clitoridectomies: Female Genital Mutilation c.1860-2014
Doctors in Britain removed the clitoris on women explicitly to eradicate elements of female libido.
Drunk Canadians in London, November 1916
The sexual history of war lies at the very heart of the history of war itself.
Before Grindr, or, The Dangers of the "Gay Bachelor"
When the UK government proposed the criminalization of queer personal ads.
Historians are gossips who tease the dead
I was a gossip, teasing the dead.
Ian Paisley (1926-2014) and the ‘Save Ulster From Sodomy!’ Campaign
Religion and sectarianism long shaped the sexualities and lives of LGBT people in Northern Ireland.
Jack the Ripper: Case Never Closed
Why does Jack the Ripper generate so much popular interest?
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