Ian Paisley (1926-2014) and the ‘Save Ulster From Sodomy!’ Campaign

By Sean Brady LGBTQ, Religion and Sexuality, United Kingdom

Religion and sectarianism long shaped the sexualities and lives of LGBT people in Northern Ireland.

Born This Way? Sexual Science and the Invention of a Political Strategy

By Jana Funke LGBTQ

The ‘born this way’ argument has also been subjected to substantial criticism.

Thatcher and Homosexuality: Waiting for Section 28

By Bob Cant LGBTQ, United Kingdom

There was an exquisite cruelty about the way her remarks were directed towards the opposition Labour Party.

The Archbishop’s Argument: Anglicanism, Homosexuality, and Colonial Complexities

By T.J. Tallie Empire and Colonialism, LGBTQ, Religion and Sexuality

It is a curious and powerful discursive move to link the murder of hundreds of people in Nigeria to the vaguely described suffering of British queer people.

Individual Freedom as Misappropriation: Race, Sexuality and the Use of Civil Rights History

By Adam Shapiro 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, Race and Ethnicity

The argument that individual rights is the natural legacy of civil rights has long been a staple of American conservatism.

Disputing ‘Gay Jim Crow’: Rhetorical Appropriation in LGBT Politics

By T.J. Tallie 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, Race and Ethnicity

‘Gay Jim Crow’ invests in false equivalence by appropriating continued struggles of people of color in the United States.

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

By Onni Gust 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.