Race, Sexuality and Identity in Britain and Jamaica: The Biography of Patrick Nelson, 1916-1963

By Gemma Romain Author Interviews

Patrick Nelson: queer black Jamaican man, queer black migrant in interwar London, WWII serviceman, POW and witness to Jamaican histories of colonialism and decolonization.

Governing Gender and Sexuality in Colonial India

By Jessica Hinchy Author Interviews

For many colonial officials, Hijras were not only a danger to ‘public morals’, but also a threat to colonial political authority.

Licentious Worlds: Sex and Exploitation in Global Empires

By Julie Peakman Author Interviews, Empire and Colonialism

A history of sexual attitudes and behaviour through five hundred years of empire-building around the world.

Toward an Anti-racist History of Sexuality

By notcheseditor History of Sexuality

NOTCHES’ commitment in working toward an anti-racist history of sexuality.

Teaching with Tumblr: Building a Digital Archive of Gender, Race & Empire

By Bianca Murillo Empire and Colonialism, Pedagogy, Race and Ethnicity

I am interested in the potential of digital media as a way to engage students.

Mau Mau, anti-colonialism and "female genital mutilation"

By Onni Gust African Sexualities, Empire and Colonialism

Female genital mutilation and postcolonial struggles are in fact intimately and historically linked.

The Queer Caribbean: Conflicting Uses of the Colonial Past

By Agnes Arnold-Forster Empire and Colonialism, Latin American Sexualities, LGBTQ

Both anti-discrimination and pro-gay activists appeal to features of a pre-colonial past.