Her Neighbor’s Wife traces the stories of hundreds of women who struggled to balance marriage and same-sex desire in the postwar United States.
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Intimate Investments in Drag King Cultures: The Rise and Fall of a Lesbian Social Scene
This is a story about the life of a scene at a particular historical and geographic juncture as seen through the eyes of those who brought it into being—and then mourned its passing.
Esther Newton’s Butch Career
I love reading and writing stories but, until my memoir, most have been about other people.
Queer China: Lesbian and Gay Literature and Visual Culture
Queer China reveals a vibrant picture of queer communities and cultures since their inception in post-Mao China.
Homosexuality on the Small Screen: Television and Gay Identity in Britain
Homosexuality on the Small Screen examines the history of television and its role in exploring gay lives and constructing ideas around sexual identity.
Prairie Fairies: A History of Queer Communities and People in Western Canada, 1930-1985
The history of queer people in the five major western Canadian cities, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Regina, Edmonton and Calgary.
Lesbian Histories and Futures: “Gay American History @ 40”
The fortieth-anniversary celebration of Jonathan Ned Katz’s classic document collection Gay American History.
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Outrageous! The Story of Section 28 and Britain’s Battle for LGBT Education
How to Write the History of Pederasty in the Age of Groomers
Age Difference and Queer Feminism: Bryher, H.D. and Norman Douglas
The Fires of Lust: Sex in the Middle Ages
An Escape from Nazi Vienna: Heinrich Schrefel and Queer Holocaust history