Women’s Experiences in Fornication and Paternity Suits in Massachusetts, 1740-1800

By Kelly Ryan Early America

Women’s confessions and paternity suits reveal a host of information about the sexual lives of early Americans.

Race, Class, and Sex Education in Early Twentieth-Century South Africa

By Sarah Emily Duff African Sexualities, Race and Ethnicity

The purpose of sex education for most of the century was conservative.

Her Virginal Members: Chastity and Sexual Desire in the Middle-Ages

By Kathryn Maude Medieval

Aelred of Rievaulx’s writings help us to understand medieval experiences of sex and sexual desire.

Meet Our New Assistant Editors

By notcheseditor History of Sexuality

We are pleased to introduce our assistant editors for 2015-2016.

CFP: Histories of Sexuality and Religion

By Neil Young CFP

How have religious practices, identities, beliefs, institutions and politics shaped the history of sexuality?

“What can I do to be normal?” Queer Female Desire in Letters to Dr. Alfred Kinsey

By Amanda Littauer 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, Medicine and the Body

Many postwar Americans were obsessed with sexual normality but their stories reveal queer possibilities.

Interracialintimacies.org: An Online Interactive Archives and Teaching Tool

By Elise Chenier Asian Sexualities, Canada, Pedagogy, Race and Ethnicity

Mavis’ family photo album opened a door on a life of interracial intimacy.