The forgotten history of liberal Protestants’ role on both sides of debates over orthodoxy & sexual identity.
Tag: 20th Century US History
Archives of Desire: Analog Sexting
My grandparents helped pave the way for virtual trysts.
Archives of Desire: Soft-Core Pornography and Activism in the 1960s
The Los Angeles Advocate captured the essence of an important segment of the LGBTQ culture.
Martin Luther King Jr. and the History of Sexuality
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
In the early 1960s, Purdue created an atmosphere that increased female students’ freedom, but only provided piecemeal sex education and counseling.
A Christmas Abortion
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
The Gay Revolution provides a moving account of the LGBT movement in the United States.