The symposium demonstrated the continued vitality of research into gender, sex and sexuality in modern British history
Recent Posts
Sex in Japan: A global history perspective
Stereotypes offer a window into the history of Japanese sexualities.
The Archbishop’s Argument: Anglicanism, Homosexuality, and Colonial Complexities
It is a curious and powerful discursive move to link the murder of hundreds of people in Nigeria to the vaguely described suffering of British queer people.
Male Order: Tom of Finland and the Queer Iconography of Postage Stamps
How do postage stamps contribute to a public history of queer lives and sexualities?
The Erotics of Shaving in Victorian Britain
Beardedness in nineteenth-century Britain had definite implications for manliness and sexuality.
Beards, Real Men, and Poseurs: male sexuality and fashion since around 1900
Male fashion has long been central to the way we define what it means to be a ‘real’ man.
Sex and the King: Rumours, Reputation and the Problem of Royal Adultery in Medieval England
Medieval people scrutinised and judged the sex lives of their rulers.
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The Bars Are Ours: Histories and Cultures of Gay Bars in America, 1960 and After
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In a Rapture of Distress: Women’s Sexuality and Modern India
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Family Matters: Queer Households and the Half-Century Struggle for Legal Recognition
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Slapping Leather: Queer Cowfolx at the Gay Rodeo
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A Queer New York: Geographies of Lesbians, Dykes, and Queers