In the early days of the AIDS epidemic gay men struggled to reconcile 1970s sexual openness with the growing danger of a deadly disease.
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The Yellow Star and the Pink Triangle: Judaism and Gay Rights in the 1970s
The struggle over gay rights evolved within the context of Dade County’s large and politically active Jewish community.
The Bishop’s New Stockings, or The Dangers of Love Magic
Love magic posed a real danger to medieval people, especially the clergy.
"What a Woman Is": Breast Cancer, Sexuality and the Unreconstructed Self
Some nineteenth-century British physicians looked towards physical embodiments of femaleness for explanations for breast cancer.
Cunnilingus in the Middle Ages and the Problem of Understanding Past Sex Lives
We have to work creatively with our sources to understand what medieval people were doing with one another.
Heterosexuality in America: Fifty Years and Counting
Let’s also mark the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Drum.
Born This Way? Sexual Science and the Invention of a Political Strategy
The ‘born this way’ argument has also been subjected to substantial criticism.
