Gay Print Culture: A History of Gay Magazines in Mexico, Canada, and the United States

By Juan Carlos Mezo Gonzalez NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

Gay Print Culture traces the transnational histories of leading gay periodicals in North America.

Transnational Homosexuals in Communist Poland: Cross-Border Flows in Gay and Lesbian Magazines

By Lukasz Szulc LGBTQ, Modern Europe, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

Early gay and lesbian activism in Poland formed around the publication of DIY magazines.

CFP: Histories of “Smut,” “Porn” and “Obscenity”

By notcheseditor CFP

How do we historicize the production, consumption and circulation of sexual images and texts?

Archives of Desire: A Lavender Reading of J. Edgar Hoover

By Christopher Elias 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ

Collier’s made one of the earliest print references to the sexuality of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover.