The Fires of Lust: Sex in the Middle Ages

By Katherine Harvey Medieval

By exploring their sex lives, The Fires of Lust brings ordinary medieval people to life.

Gothic Architecture and Sexuality in the Circle of Horace Walpole

By Matthew Reeve Author Interviews, LGBTQ, United Kingdom

Aesthetic preferences of Horace Walpole’s coterie cannot be understood independently from their own sexual preferences.

Toward an Anti-racist History of Sexuality

By notcheseditor History of Sexuality

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

CFP: Histories of Sexual Violence

By Desiree Abu-Odeh CFP

NOTCHES is seeking short submissions exploring any aspect of histories of sexual violence.

The place of religion in LGBTQ lives

By George Severs LGBTQ, Religion and Sexuality

The Oral History Society LGBTQ special interest group has shown the important role oral history plays in researching LGBTQ lives.

The Legal Invention of Lesbian Sexuality in Canada

By Karen Pearlston Canada

The Divorce Act of 1968 led Canadian judges to create a legal category to describe sex between women.

The Romantic Concept of Psychological Androgyny

By Victoria Russell History of Sexuality

The history of the concept of psychological androgyny both raises and responds to the question “what is the history of sexuality?”