Conchita’s Europe: Eurovision, homonationalism and the politics of sexuality

By Lukasz Szulc LGBTQ, Modern Europe

Conchita seems to have turned attention in Poland once again to discourses on national identity, morality and gender & sexuality-related topics.

Hirsute Phoenix: Conchita Wurst, Beards, and the Politics of Sexuality

By T.J. Tallie Modern Europe

Conchita Wurst’s beard queers the predictable image of female pop singer and calls directly to the constructed nature of gender performances.

"Stranger Danger”: the Public Service film and the protection of Child Sexuality

By Jen Baker Childhood and Youth

A number of public service films produced after the Second World War warned children in particular about “Stranger Danger”.

“Cow protection or Gay protection?” LGBT rights, “Hindu” tradition and the Indian elections

By Onni Gust LGBTQ

Gender and sexuality has had an important role in recent public debates in India.

Queer round the edges: Mary Stewart’s post-war middlebrow fiction (cont’d)

By Amy Tooth Murphy LGBTQ

In Stewart’s world homosexuality in any form brings a touch of exoticism and sophistication to proceedings.

Queer round the edges: Mary Stewart’s post-war middlebrow fiction

By Amy Tooth Murphy LGBTQ

I can’t help but apply a queer lens to everything I read.

(Sexual) Labour Day

By Julia Laite Sexual Labour, United Kingdom

Researching prostitution makes Julia Laite more of a labour historian than a historian of sexuality.