Coming Out of Communism: The Emergence of LGBT Activism in Eastern Europe

By Conor O'Dwyer Author Interviews, LGBTQ, Modern Europe

Conor O’Dwyer describes the rapidly evolving politics of LGBT activism in postcommunist Europe.

Coming Out in the Trade Union Movement

By Bob Cant LGBTQ

Coming out was a core value of gay liberation, but trade unions interpreted attempts at self-organisation by minority groups as divisive.

Blood Ties: Queer Blood, Donations, and Citizenship

By T.J. Tallie 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, Medicine and the Body

Can queer blood be less American than straight blood?

Heterosexuality in America: Fifty Years and Counting

By Marc Stein 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ

Let’s also mark the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Drum.

The Queer Caribbean: Conflicting Uses of the Colonial Past

By Agnes Arnold-Forster Empire and Colonialism, Latin American Sexualities, LGBTQ

Both anti-discrimination and pro-gay activists appeal to features of a pre-colonial past.

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.