David Bowie (1947-2016) and the History of Sexuality

By Gillian Frank LGBTQ

David Bowie’s sexual identity and its public performance were versatile, challenging and complex.

The Rejected: Homophile Activists in the Spotlight

By Andrew Lester 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ

The Rejected was a groundbreaking representation of gays in the American media.

Truly Ugandan: Martyrs, Pope Francis, and the Question of Sexuality

By T.J. Tallie African Sexualities, Empire and Colonialism, Religion and Sexuality

Francis obscured both the colonial Christian and queer sexual contexts of the executions.

A Christmas Abortion

By Gillian Frank 20th and 21st Century United States, Medicine and the Body

On Christmas Eve 1955, Jacqueline Smith died from an illegal abortion at her boyfriend Thomas G. Daniel’s apartment.

Christmas Isn’t for Queers

By Lauren Gutterman 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ

Christmas experiences of those stuck outside the quintessential white, middle-class, nuclear family.

Coming Oot! A Fabulous Gay History of Scotland

By Amy Tooth Murphy LGBTQ, United Kingdom

On 30 November 2015 the BBC aired a documentary entitled, Coming Oot! A Fabulous History of Gay Scotland.

Found in Translation: How Sexual Debates Developed Across the Modern World

By Dr Heike Bauer Medicine and the Body

Sexual science emerged contemporaneously in Europe, Asia, Peru, and the Middle East.