Blurred lines between the protection and the control of women’s sexuality in the past and in the present,
Recent Posts
Immigration, sexuality and ‘British’ identity: contrasts and continuities
Sexuality was a dominant aspect in concerns over migrants following the First World War.
Between the cracks: on being a historian of sex
I enjoy working in fields that defy categorization or unifying conversations.
Incoherent or Invigorated? The History of Sexuality
On the launch of the IHR History of Sexuality Seminar.
Hyperbole and horror: hijras and the British imperial state in India
Nineteenth-century British imperial imaginaries took great delight in expressing the terror of, and a morbid fascination with, hijra bodies.
Out in the unions
The core message which I learned from GLF was that gay people should come out about their sexuality as much as they could.
Three Wise Men in a Bed: Bedsharing and Sexuality in Medieval Europe
For high-status medieval men, sharing a meal and a bed had more to do with politics than sex.
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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