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Sex, race and censorship in Cuba: Historicising the P.M. affair
A short experimental film has gone down in history as the catalyst for one of the early crises of the Cuban Revolution.
Before Grindr, or, The Dangers of the "Gay Bachelor"
When the UK government proposed the criminalization of queer personal ads.
Stranger Danger and the Sexual Revolution
The sexual content of stranger danger films grew more sexually explicit over time.
Intimate Worlds: Exploring Sexuality Through the Wellcome Collection
The Wellcome Library is a rich source of material for the study of historical attitudes towards sex and the human body.
The Censorship of Female Pleasure: Cleland, Charlie Countryman, Cunnilingus
What does censorship of John Cleland’s novel tell us about attitudes to female pleasure?