CFP: Histories of Sexual Violence

By Desiree Abu-Odeh CFP

NOTCHES is seeking short submissions exploring any aspect of histories of sexual violence.

Flight Attendant Unions Make the Economy Work for Queer Families

By Ryan Murphy 20th and 21st Century United States

Flight attendant unions have been hotbeds of feminist and LGBTQ activism for fifty years.

History from the Witness Stand: An Interview with George Chauncey

By Rachel Hope Cleves 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ

George Chauncey has testified as an expert witness in more than thirty cases dealing with gay rights.

More Than Loving: Race, Sexuality & Public Memory in the Movement for Marriage Equality

By Jennifer Jones 20th and 21st Century United States, Race and Ethnicity

Discussion of Obergefell compared activism for marriage equality with efforts to secure equal rights.

Fireball in Newark: The Ballroom Scene and Legendary Houses

By notcheseditor LGBTQ, Race and Ethnicity

Fireball is a fast and furious DIY event.

Scottish Storytelling Sessions: Queer History, Community and Archives

By Alva Traebert LGBTQ, United Kingdom

Oral history faces the challenge of bridging the divide between the observer and the observed.

The Cervical Cap in the Feminist Women’s Health Movement, 1976–1988

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

The late 1970s and early 1980s was the historical peak of interest in the cervical cap in the United States.