Raúl Luis Suarez’s Smile and The Ruthless Archive

By Patricio Simonetto Latin American Sexualities, Trans

As historians know, the archive is ruthless in preserving categories over time.

Seeking Rights from the Left: Gender, Sexuality and the Latin American Pink Tide

By Elisabeth Jay Friedman Author Interviews, Latin American Sexualities, LGBTQ

How, when, and why left-leaning Latin American governments responded to the demands of feminist, women’s, and LGBT movements.

Making Histories of Bolivian Sexual and Gender Diversity Legible in the Twenty-First Century

By Nell Haynes Latin American Sexualities

In Bolivia, political allegiances and competing priorities have shaped movements for equality for LGBTI Bolivians, and thus, their histories.

Morality and Repression in the Making of Cold War Brazil

By Zeb Tortorici Author Interviews, Latin American Sexualities

The Right in Brazil conflated communist “subversives” and left-wing politics with sexual immorality.

The Revolutionary Politics of Sexuality in Nicaragua

By Cymene Howe Latin American Sexualities, LGBTQ

The Nicaraguan struggle for sexual rights came armed with revolutionary experience.

CFP: Histories of Magic and Sexuality

By Mackenzie Cooley CFP

How have perceptions of magic shaped sexuality, love, and reproduction?

“The Age of Youth in Argentina”: an interview with Valeria Manzano

By Mir Yarfitz Author Interviews, Childhood and Youth, Latin American Sexualities

How young people in Argentina asserted a new collective identity in the 1950s, ‘60s, and ‘70s.