Responses to the Medicalization of Transsexualism

By Galen Comerford Trans

Many in the trans community feared the power that a psychiatric diagnosis lends professionals over trans lives.

Was Homosexuality Illegal in Communist Europe?

By Lukasz Szulc LGBTQ, Modern Europe

Despite the strong political, economic and military alliance between Eastern Bloc countries, they did not adopt a uniform position towards homosexuality.

CFP: Histories of Sexual Violence

By Desiree Abu-Odeh CFP

NOTCHES is seeking short submissions exploring any aspect of histories of sexual violence.

The place of religion in LGBTQ lives

By George Severs LGBTQ, Religion and Sexuality

The Oral History Society LGBTQ special interest group has shown the important role oral history plays in researching LGBTQ lives.

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.

CFP: Transgender Histories

By notcheseditor CFP

How might historians make sense of trans in past tenses?

Not Straight, Not White: A Student Interview with Kevin Mumford

By Rachel Hope Cleves 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf, Race and Ethnicity

An interview with author Kevin Mumford about his new book detailing the lives of black gay men from the Civil Rights Movement to the AIDS crisis