A very queer tale, The Italian Invert is one man’s story of love affairs, sexual adventures, and the pursuit of happiness at the end of the nineteenth century.
Tag: 19th Century
“Homosexual Hearers” and Queer Musicality in Xavier Mayne’s The Intersexes (1909)
In The Intersexes (ca 1909), Edward Prime-Stevenson used gossip to support his queer readings of 19th-century symphonic music.
Squirming in the Dark: Playful Occupations for Sex Workers in the 1870 Census
Uncovering the playful occupations listed for sex workers in the 1870 census.