‘The Inevitable Errors of First Explorations’? Revisiting John Boswell’s Christianity, Social Tolerance and Homosexuality

By David Clark Medieval

What qualities have kept Boswell’s “Christianity, Social Tolerance and Homosexuality” monumental to the field of medieval history?

Queer Terminology: LGBTQ Histories and the Semantics of Sexuality

By Claire Hayward LGBTQ, Pedagogy

How do we find, describe and contextualise histories of same-sex love and gender identity?

CFP: Histories of Magic and Sexuality

By Mackenzie Cooley CFP

How have perceptions of magic shaped sexuality, love, and reproduction?

History of Sexuality at the 2016 European Social Science History Conference

By notcheseditor History of Sexuality

The Eleventh European Social Science History conference (ESSHC) takes place from March 30 to April 2, 2016, in Valencia, Spain.

“She was both Poxt and Clapt together”: Confessions of Sexual Secrets in Eighteenth-Century Venereal Cases

By Olivia Weisser Early Modern, Medicine and the Body

Sexual secrets were nothing new in the 1700s, but confessing them to a doctor became surprisingly common.

Sex, Disease, and Fertility in History

By Boyd Brogan Medicine and the Body

If you’re looking for evidence about bodies in history, it doesn’t get harder than skeletons.

History of Sexuality at the 2016 American Historical Association Conference

By notcheseditor History of Sexuality

The 130th Annual Meeting of the AHA takes place January 7-10, 2016, in Atlanta, Georgia.