Sex, race and censorship in Cuba: Historicising the P.M. affair

By Carrie Hamilton Latin American Sexualities, Race and Ethnicity, Sexual Labour

A short experimental film has gone down in history as the catalyst for one of the early crises of the Cuban Revolution.

Something New, Something Old: LGBT Voices before Stonewall

By Donna Knaff 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ

ONE, Inc., was “one of three major ‘homophile’ organizations of the 1950s and 1960s.”

Orthodox Sex: Alfred Kinsey and the Re-Making of Jewish Sexuality

By Rachel Gordan 20th and 21st Century United States, Religion and Sexuality

Orthodox writers sought to educate Americans about Judaism’s approach to sex.

Queer Sex in the Archives: “Canonizing Homophile Sexual Respectability"

By Whitney Strub 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ

Sometimes the queer stars align right when it’s needed most.

Death by Celibacy: Sex, Semen and Male Health in the Middle Ages

By Katherine Harvey Medieval

Medieval priests were not supposed to have sex, but medical theory suggested that celibacy could kill them.

Sexual Histories, Scholarly Communities: The John D’Emilio Symposium

By Ian Darnell 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ

A hallmark of D’Emilio’s work was that he engaged historical sources “emotionally and intellectually,” “with his head and his heart.”

Mainline Protestants and the Struggle for Same-Sex Marriage

By Heather White LGBTQ, Religion and Sexuality

Mainline Protestants’ policy decisions on same-sex marriage come out of a long history of religious debates over same-sex sexuality.