Adult Adoption and Intergenerational Same-Sex Relationships

By Katherine Parkin LGBTQ

Historically, fostering and adoption of adults could prove a useful way for men to provide legal and financial cover for a partner.

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.

The Road to Section 28

By Colin Clews LGBTQ, United Kingdom

Conservatives exploited homophobia to discredit opposition to Section 28, leaving Labour ambivalent to outright opposition.

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.

Die Bi(e)! Reading Bisexual Women’s History

By Lauren Gutterman LGBTQ

Female bisexuality generates both particularly intense anger and fetishization that demand greater historical attention.

Too Hot and Horny for the Centers for Disease Control

By Dan Royles LGBTQ, Race and Ethnicity

Conservative resistance to government funding for AIDS education was racialized and sexualized.

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.