The legacy of imperial Victorian sexual mores continue to haunt the lives of gay people in India and large parts of former British colonies.
Tag: British history
Glad To Be Gay in Scarborough (1980)
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?
Robert Baden-Powell, Cecil Rhodes and Lawrence of Arabia have three things in common.
A Bit of Casual Sex Up North: And What it Could Mean to the History of Sexuality
Lots of working-class men having sex with each other in fields, behind pubs, at each others houses and, perhaps most significantly, at work.
Ageing and the history of sexuality
The place (or possibly absence) of old age, as an analytic category, in the history of sexuality.
"A filthy bruitish offence": Child sex abuse and the law in C17th England
Between 1674 and 1913 there are at least 570 documented Old Bailey cases involving adults accused of sexual relations with children.
Between the cracks: on being a historian of sex
I enjoy working in fields that defy categorization or unifying conversations.