evidence of identity and political activism built around a positive interpretation of same-sex desire in the 1820s.
Tag: British history
Sexuality, Family Planning, and the British Left: An Interview with Stephen Brooke
A sweeping account of sexuality and socialism in twentieth century Britain.
Sexual Politics in the Era of Reagan and Thatcher: Marc Stein in Conversation with Jeffrey Weeks
In May 1988, when Marc Stein was working as the coordinating editor of Gay Community News in Boston, Massachusetts, he interviewed Jeffrey Weeks, the influential British sociologist and historian.
Uncovering Cleveland Street: Sexuality, Surveillance and late-Victorian Scandal
Cleveland Street is an acknowledged milestone of London’s sexual past.
Clitoridectomies: Female Genital Mutilation c.1860-2014
Doctors in Britain removed the clitoris on women explicitly to eradicate elements of female libido.
Before Grindr, or, The Dangers of the "Gay Bachelor"
When the UK government proposed the criminalization of queer personal ads.
Historians are gossips who tease the dead
I was a gossip, teasing the dead.
