The New Polish Government and ‘Gender Ideology’

By Lukasz Szulc Modern Europe, Religion and Sexuality

The crusade against ‘gender ideology’ started with a letter by the Bishops’ Conference of Poland.

Scottish Storytelling Sessions: Queer History, Community and Archives

By Alva Traebert LGBTQ, United Kingdom

Oral history faces the challenge of bridging the divide between the observer and the observed.

The Cervical Cap in the Feminist Women’s Health Movement, 1976–1988

By Donna Drucker 20th and 21st Century United States, Medicine and the Body

The late 1970s and early 1980s was the historical peak of interest in the cervical cap in the United States.

After Roe: Engaging the Lost History of the Abortion Debate

By Gillian Frank 20th and 21st Century United States, Medicine and the Body, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

Grassroots activists and politicians responded to the 1973 ruling in the two decades that followed it.

Through the Eyes of the Establishment: Student Sexuality and the Dean of Women’s Office at Purdue University

By Donna Drucker 20th and 21st Century United States, Medicine and the Body

In the early 1960s, Purdue created an atmosphere that increased female students’ freedom, but only provided piecemeal sex education and counseling.

The Conservative Roots of the Reproductive Rights Revolution

By Beth Bailey 20th and 21st Century United States, Medicine and the Body

Griswold v Connecticut; Eisenstadt v Baird; Roe v Wade: these cases are the building blocks of reproductive freedom in the United States.

Too Little, Too Late: The Path To Griswold v. Connecticut

By Linda Gordon 20th and 21st Century United States, Medicine and the Body

It had taken fifty years to defeat the repressive, prudish and sexist ban on birth control.