When sexual desire was not attached to notions of sexual identity.
Recent Posts
Thinking Medievally: The Sexualisation Debate and Medieval Advice Literature
Concerns about the sexualisation of young women appear even in the late Middle Ages.
History from the Witness Stand: An Interview with George Chauncey
George Chauncey has testified as an expert witness in more than thirty cases dealing with gay rights.
More Than Loving: Race, Sexuality & Public Memory in the Movement for Marriage Equality
Discussion of Obergefell compared activism for marriage equality with efforts to secure equal rights.
The Curious Connections between Marriage Equality and HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS and the marriage equality have been the two events that have most affected LGBT lives.
Queer Terminology: LGBTQ Histories and the Semantics of Sexuality
How do we find, describe and contextualise histories of same-sex love and gender identity?
CFP: Histories of Disability and Sexuality
How has the relationship between disability and sexuality been conceptualized?