Discussions of “deviant” sexuality were visible and vibrant within artistic and literary communities.
Recent Posts
Why I Oppose a General Pardon for Historical Convictions for Homosexual Offences
Why a general pardon is good politics but bad history.
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.
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Drag: A British History
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Urning: Queer Identity in the German Nineteenth Century
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Race, Sexuality and Identity in Britain and Jamaica: The Biography of Patrick Nelson, 1916-1963
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The Bars Are Ours: Histories and Cultures of Gay Bars in America, 1960 and After
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In a Rapture of Distress: Women’s Sexuality and Modern India