Historians are gossips who tease the dead

By Julia Laite Sexual Labour, United Kingdom

I was a gossip, teasing the dead.

Cunnilingus in the Middle Ages and the Problem of Understanding Past Sex Lives

By Tom O'Donnell Medieval

We have to work creatively with our sources to understand what medieval people were doing with one another.

Gender, Sex and Sexuality in 20th-Century British History: Some new directions

By Ben Mechen United Kingdom

The symposium demonstrated the continued vitality of research into gender, sex and sexuality in modern British history

‘In the manner of a woman’: John/Eleanor Rykener and the Inessentiality of Gender

By Kim Racon LGBTQ, Medieval

John/ Eleanor Rykener’s confession reveals the complexity of queer lives in medieval England.

India’s Section 377: India, Britain and the ongoing legacies of imperialism

By Onni Gust Asian Sexualities, Empire and Colonialism, LGBTQ

The legacy of imperial Victorian sexual mores continue to haunt the lives of gay people in India and large parts of former British colonies.

Glad To Be Gay in Scarborough (1980)

By Bob Cant LGBTQ, United Kingdom

Lesbians and gay men could begin to participate in union activities to make the workplace habitable for everyone.

What should LGBT History Month say about Empire?

By Onni Gust Empire and Colonialism, LGBTQ, United Kingdom

Robert Baden-Powell, Cecil Rhodes and Lawrence of Arabia have three things in common.