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.

Collecting Riot Grrrl: Sexual Awakening in NYU’s Punk Archive

By Lisa Brigandi 20th and 21st Century United States

NYU’s Riot Grrrl Collection is that of a movement that provided a new path for young women’s sexuality

Queering Immigration in the Age of Trump: A Roundtable on Boutilier v. INS

By Marc Stein 20th and 21st Century United States

On its 50th anniversary, a roundtable on what Boutilier v. INS can teach us about our present and queering immigration

‘After Stonewall’ and Gay and Lesbian Liberation in Western Canada

By Valerie Korinek Canada, LGBTQ

‘After Stonewall’ was one of the most vocal regional gay periodicals in Canada to challenge a national gay activist platform.

Walking Tour: Gentrification and Queer Erasure in Roanoke, Virginia

By Rachel Barton 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, Public History

Public history takes on queer erasure and gentrification in Roanoke, Virginia.

Source Alert: The FBI’s “Sex Deviates” Files

By Rachel Hope Cleves 20th and 21st Century United States

Surviving records from the FBI’s “Sex Deviates” files are now available online.

Johanna Elberskirchen: Sexual Radical and Woman of Her Time

By Edward Ross Dickinson Modern Europe

Elberskirchen sounds to us today like an extraordinary voice. Yet what is striking is that she was rather ordinary.