Reforming Sodom: Protestants and the Rise of Gay Rights

By Heather White 20th and 21st Century United States, Author Interviews, LGBTQ, Religion and Sexuality 1 comment

The forgotten history of liberal Protestants’ role on both sides of debates over orthodoxy & sexual identity.

Archives of Desire: Analog Sexting

By Josh Adair 20th and 21st Century United States 1 comment

My grandparents helped pave the way for virtual trysts.

Archives of Desire: Soft-Core Pornography and Activism in the 1960s

By Helis Sikk 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ 0 comments

The Los Angeles Advocate captured the essence of an important segment of the LGBTQ culture.

Martin Luther King Jr. and the History of Sexuality

By Gillian Frank 20th and 21st Century United States, Race and Ethnicity 2 comments

What sources would you use to place Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. within the history of sexuality?

Through the Eyes of the Establishment: Student Sexuality and the Dean of Women’s Office at Purdue University

By Donna Drucker 20th and 21st Century United States, Medicine and the Body 0 comments

In the early 1960s, Purdue created an atmosphere that increased female students’ freedom, but only provided piecemeal sex education and counseling.

A Christmas Abortion

By Gillian Frank 20th and 21st Century United States, Medicine and the Body 1 comment

On Christmas Eve 1955, Jacqueline Smith died from an illegal abortion at her boyfriend Thomas G. Daniel’s apartment.

“The Gay Revolution”: An Interview with Lillian Faderman

By Lauren Gutterman 20th and 21st Century United States, Author Interviews, LGBTQ 0 comments

The Gay Revolution provides a moving account of the LGBT movement in the United States.