The Pustulent Penis: Searching for STDs in the Centuries before Syphilis

By Katherine Harvey Medieval

John of Gaunt ‘died of putrefaction of his genitals and body’.

Taking the Venereal Out of Venereal Disease: The 1930s Public Health Campaign against Syphilis and Gonorrhea

By Erin Wuebker Medicine and the Body

VD was often associated with immorality.

Would you mind if Neil Bartlett asked you a few personal questions about sex?

By Ania Ostrowska LGBTQ, Public History, United Kingdom

The Wellcome Collection’s ‘Institute of Sexology’ was the first major event of its kind in the UK.

“The Church Fathers Really Squirmed”: Contesting Heteronorms in motive Magazine, 1962-1972

By Anna Clutterbuck-Cook LGBTQ

motive opened up a space within which a departure from heteronormative values became possible

Lesbian Histories and Futures: “Gay American History @ 40”

By Rachel Hope Cleves 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ

The fortieth-anniversary celebration of Jonathan Ned Katz’s classic document collection Gay American History.

Close Your Eyes and Think of Yorkshire? Working-class Women and Sexuality in Early Twentieth-Century Yorkshire

By Claire Martin United Kingdom

Looking at occupational patterns and cultures contributes to understanding working-class sexuality.

Fireball in Newark: The Ballroom Scene and Legendary Houses

By notcheseditor LGBTQ, Race and Ethnicity

Fireball is a fast and furious DIY event.