Studying the language of queer history gives us insight into past efforts to control the social value of gender and sexuality by defining their meaning.
Tag: language of sexuality
Like a Virgin? The Medieval Origins of a Modern Debate
A recent Vatican ruling on consecrated virgins has caused controversy, but there are medieval precedents for the new approach.
Queer Terminology: LGBTQ Histories and the Semantics of Sexuality
How do we find, describe and contextualise histories of same-sex love and gender identity?
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Contextualising Taboo: Leigh Bowery and the Media
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“Information Pleases”: Dictionaries and Trans History
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The rediscovery of a homoerotic poem by Torquato Tasso: Ganimede rapito