Why a general pardon is good politics but bad history.
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Archives of Desire: A Lavender Reading of J. Edgar Hoover
Collier’s made one of the earliest print references to the sexuality of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover.
Queers, Homosexuals, and Activists in Early Nineteenth-Century Britain?
evidence of identity and political activism built around a positive interpretation of same-sex desire in the 1820s.
Rainbow Plaques: Mapping York’s LGBT History
York’s Alternative History explores the histories of York which don’t make the guidebooks.
John Rykener Revisited: Transvestite Male Prostitute or Biting Political Satire?
The Rykener case gives voice to dissent in the form of political satire.
Assistant Editor Positions at Notches
NOTCHES is seeking 2-3 graduate student assistant editors.
The Sacred Precincts of Marital Bedrooms: Religion and the Making of Griswold
Liberal clergy helped build a broad popular consensus in favor of birth control, at least for married couples, during the late 1950s and 1960s.