“Well Known as Miss Betty Cooper”: Gender Expression in 18th-Century Boston

By Caitlin Hopkins Early America, Trans

One 1771 advertisement sought the recapture of an enslaved person known by two names: Cato and Miss Betty Cooper.

Not Straight, Not White: A Student Interview with Kevin Mumford

By Rachel Hope Cleves 20th and 21st Century United States, Author Interviews, LGBTQ, Race and Ethnicity

An interview with author Kevin Mumford about his new book detailing the lives of black gay men from the Civil Rights Movement to the AIDS crisis

Histories of Sexuality and the Carceral State-Part 3

By Regina Kunzel 20th and 21st Century United States

Mass incarceration cannot be understood without looking through the lenses of gender and sexuality.

Resisting the Virus of Prejudice: Sex Workers Fight the AIDS Panic

By Mindy Chateauvert HIV/AIDS, Medicine and the Body

Sex workers, working as peer researchers, mapped the epidemiology of HIV in 1985.

Histories of Sexuality and the Carceral State—Part 2

By Regina Kunzel 20th and 21st Century United States

How do race, gender, and sexuality intersect in order to shape policing and imprisonment?

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.