Eugenics and Intersex: The consequences of defining "normal" bodies

By Katelyn Dykerman Medicine and the Body

Decisions to limit life based on social or cultural biases contain dangerous eugenic possibilities.

Curating LGBTQ Histories: Queer Season at Sutton House

By Sean Curran LGBTQ, Public History

Just a decade ago, the idea of an exhibition addressing LGBT themes in a National Trust house would likely have been dismissed.

Introducing Notches’ New Assistant Editors

By notcheseditor History of Sexuality

We are pleased to introduce our two Assistant Editors for 2015-2016.

Straight After Death: Misremembering the Queer Life and Times of Rod McKuen

By Gillian Frank 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ

In the end, silences in the historical record may tell us as much about poor journalistic research as they tell us about antigay bias.

“In My Bed”: Sexual Violence Over Fifty Years on One College Campus

By Natalia Petrzela 20th and 21st Century United States, Sexual Violence

Sexual violence has been a consistent facet of college women’s experiences.

Jeffrey Weeks reflects on "Sexual Politics in the Era of Reagan and Thatcher"

By Jeffrey Weeks LGBTQ, United Kingdom

I can’t help thinking about the importance of having an open, exploratory, but consistent political and intellectual project.

Sexual Politics in the Era of Reagan and Thatcher: Marc Stein in Conversation with Jeffrey Weeks

By Marc Stein LGBTQ, United Kingdom

In May 1988, when Marc Stein was working as the coordinating editor of Gay Community News in Boston, Massachusetts, he interviewed Jeffrey Weeks, the influential British sociologist and historian.