The Romantic Concept of Psychological Androgyny

By Victoria Russell History of Sexuality

The history of the concept of psychological androgyny both raises and responds to the question “what is the history of sexuality?”

Histories of Sexuality and the Carceral State-Part 3

By Regina Kunzel 20th and 21st Century United States

Mass incarceration cannot be understood without looking through the lenses of gender and sexuality.

Archives of Desire: Soft-Core Pornography and Activism in the 1960s

By Helis Sikk 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ

The Los Angeles Advocate captured the essence of an important segment of the LGBTQ culture.

The Calendar of Loss: Dagmawi Woubshet on Race, Sexuality, and Mourning in the Early Era of AIDS

By Dan Royles 20th and 21st Century United States, African Sexualities, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ, Medicine and the Body, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf, Race and Ethnicity

The politics of mourning in the early years of the AIDS epidemic both in the United States and Ethiopia.

The Rejected: Homophile Activists in the Spotlight

By Andrew Lester 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ

The Rejected was a groundbreaking representation of gays in the American media.

“The Gay Revolution”: An Interview with Lillian Faderman

By Lauren Gutterman 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

The Gay Revolution provides a moving account of the LGBT movement in the United States.

“This is Your Pasty”: The Performance of Queer Domesticity in Small-Town Wisconsin

By Christopher Hommerding Food and Sexuality, LGBTQ

Two queer men elevated the simple pasty to a luxurious, gourmet meal.