The legacy of imperial Victorian sexual mores continue to haunt the lives of gay people in India and large parts of former British colonies.
Recent Posts
"The buggers are legal now, what more are they after?" A trade union moment
CHE was not the only organisation to be engaging with the question of being gay – or openly gay – in the workplace.
Making the Polish Stonewall
In 1985, the ‘Hyacinth’ operation did not trigger any riots or mass protests, but did result in a greater mobilization of LGBT activists in Poland.
‘Dinnae Meddle!’*: Scotland and the Historiography of Homosexual Law Reform
Scotland was not included in the 1967 Sexual Offences Act.
Shirley Temple: The Unwitting Coquette
Hers is a childhood constructed out of our nostalgic desires.
Valentine’s as Prostitution, Marriage as a Trade: Commerce, Sex, History (and a recipe)
Valentine’s Day most certainly blends sex, love, and commerce.
What’s Amore? Courtship and marriage in post-war Italy
Understandings of romantic love and its place in courtship and marriage have meant very different things to different people over time.