Her Neighbor’s Wife: A History of Lesbian Desire within Marriage

By Lauren Gutterman 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ

Her Neighbor’s Wife traces the stories of hundreds of women who struggled to balance marriage and same-sex desire in the postwar United States.

‘Cao Cao loved him’: Same-sex love at the end of the Han dynasty

By Laurie Raye Archives of Desire, Asian Sexualities

Same-sex intimacy was commonplace throughout the Han dynasty, including the turbulent Three Kingdoms era.

The Glamour Boys: The Secret Story of the Rebels who Fought for Britain to Defeat Hitler

By Chris Bryant LGBTQ, United Kingdom

NOTCHES sits down with Chris Bryant as he discusses his new book The Glamour Boys with Richard Grayson.

Unspeakable Practices Under the Capri Sun  

By Alessio Ponzio Childhood and Youth

Alessio Ponzio guides us through transformations in Italian sexual culture in this second post in our online symposium on Rachel Hope Cleves’s Unspeakable: A Life Beyond Sexual Morality.

The Queer Case of Catherine/Giovanni Vizzani

By Ula Klein Early Modern

What does the case of Catherine/Giovanni Vizzani reveal about gender identity and sexual desire in the Eighteenth Century?

Of Polymaths and Pederasts: Reflections on Rachel Hope Cleves’s Unspeakable

By Joseph Fischel Childhood and Youth

Joseph Fischel reflects on histories of sexual ethics, pederasty, and power in this first post in our online symposium on Rachel Hope Cleves’s Unspeakable: A Life Beyond Sexual Morality.

Raúl Luis Suarez’s Smile and The Ruthless Archive

By Patricio Simonetto Latin American Sexualities, Trans

As historians know, the archive is ruthless in preserving categories over time.