Looking at occupational patterns and cultures contributes to understanding working-class sexuality.
Tag: British history
“A Poison More Deadly”: Defining Obscenity in the West
Under the scrutiny of the British legal system, no work was safe from being deemed obscene.
Sexual Violence Against Children in the 1960s
Narratives of abuse have taken on different forms during different moments.
The Church of England, Sexual Morality & Institutional Decision-making
Homosexual law reform was supported by influential sections of the Church of England.
“The Unreasonable Indulgence of That Appetite”: Cancer as a Venereal Disease in the Nineteenth Century
Cancer was a venereal disease to be considered alongside syphilis and gonorrhoea.
Coming Oot! A Fabulous Gay History of Scotland
On 30 November 2015 the BBC aired a documentary entitled, Coming Oot! A Fabulous History of Gay Scotland.
Revisiting Love’s ‘Golden Age’
Love has a history, but that its history is not quite what we thought it was.
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