“Homosexual Hearers” and Queer Musicality in Xavier Mayne’s The Intersexes (1909)

By Kristin Franseen LGBTQ

In The Intersexes (ca 1909), Edward Prime-Stevenson used gossip to support his queer readings of 19th-century symphonic music.

Squirming in the Dark: Playful Occupations for Sex Workers in the 1870 Census

By Holly Marquess Archives of Desire, Sexual Labour

Uncovering the playful occupations listed for sex workers in the 1870 census.

NOTCHES Vacancies: Apply for Social Media Editor and Layout Editor positions

By notcheseditor History of Sexuality

NOTCHES is looking for new editors.

“Beyond the Law”: The Politics Ending the Death Penalty for Sodomy in Britain

By Charles Upchurch LGBTQ, United Kingdom

Beyond the Law focuses on the multiple ways various groups of individuals in the early nineteenth century understood what sodomy was, and what constituted an ethical response to it.

Outrageous! The Story of Section 28 and Britain’s Battle for LGBT Education

By Paul Baker LGBTQ

Are there parallels between the homophobic 1980s and the present day?

How to Write the History of Pederasty in the Age of Groomers

By Rachel Hope Cleves Childhood and Youth

Rachel Hope Cleves closes out the symposium on her book Unspeakable: A Life Beyond Sexual Morality.

Age Difference and Queer Feminism: Bryher, H.D. and Norman Douglas

By Jana Funke Childhood and Youth

Jana Funke shows us how Rachel Hope Cleves’ Unspeakable: A Life Beyond Sexual Morality offers a framework for understanding the erotics of age in queer and trans relationships.