motive opened up a space within which a departure from heteronormative values became possible
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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
Looking at occupational patterns and cultures contributes to understanding working-class sexuality.
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Fireball is a fast and furious DIY event.
“A Poison More Deadly”: Defining Obscenity in the West
Under the scrutiny of the British legal system, no work was safe from being deemed obscene.
Archives of Desire: Analog Sexting
My grandparents helped pave the way for virtual trysts.
The New Polish Government and ‘Gender Ideology’
The crusade against ‘gender ideology’ started with a letter by the Bishops’ Conference of Poland.












