The Divorce Act of 1968 led Canadian judges to create a legal category to describe sex between women.
Recent Posts
Collecting Riot Grrrl: Sexual Awakening in NYU’s Punk Archive
NYU’s Riot Grrrl Collection is that of a movement that provided a new path for young women’s sexuality
Touch, Manhood, and the Boundaries of Same-Sex Intimacy in Nineteenth-Century Canada
The 1838 Markland Inquiry historicizes male anxiety about same-sex intimacy and touch in nineteenth-century Canada.
Dance! Dance! Dance!: Youth Culture and Courtship at Queen’s University, 1910-1930
What can a conflict over dancing at Queen’s University tell us about sexual mores in early-twentieth-century Ontario?
Queering Immigration in the Age of Trump: A Roundtable on Boutilier v. INS
On its 50th anniversary, a roundtable on what Boutilier v. INS can teach us about our present and queering immigration
‘After Stonewall’ and Gay and Lesbian Liberation in Western Canada
‘After Stonewall’ was one of the most vocal regional gay periodicals in Canada to challenge a national gay activist platform.
Sex Between the Solitudes: Interracial Sex and Adoption in Montreal’s Postwar Jewish Community
The ways a father’s race shaped the adoptability of children born to Jewish mothers reveals the complex construction of Jewishness in postwar Canada.
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Illicit Monogamy: Inside a Fundamentalist Mormon Community
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Drag: A British History
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Urning: Queer Identity in the German Nineteenth Century
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Race, Sexuality and Identity in Britain and Jamaica: The Biography of Patrick Nelson, 1916-1963
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The Bars Are Ours: Histories and Cultures of Gay Bars in America, 1960 and After