The Shapes of Fancy: Reading for Queer Desire in Early Modern Literature

By Christine Varnado Author Interviews, Early Modern, LGBTQ

The Shapes of Fancy stages an impassioned defense of the inherently desirous nature of reading.

Words of Warning for Historians of Sexuality: Indemnity Clauses and Publishing Contracts

By Gillian Frank History of Sexuality

Historians of sexuality risk overlooking the significance of indemnity clauses in their contracts.

“When Sex Threatened the State”: An Interview with Saheed Aderinto

By Saheed Aderinto African Sexualities, Author Interviews, Empire and Colonialism, Sexual Labour

Aderinto argues that the British perceived prostitution as evidence of African “primitiveness.”

Interracialintimacies.org: An Online Interactive Archives and Teaching Tool

By Elise Chenier Asian Sexualities, Canada, Pedagogy, Race and Ethnicity

Mavis’ family photo album opened a door on a life of interracial intimacy.

Archives of Desire: James Huneker “Nosophilia: A Nordau Heroine”

By Nicolette Gable History of Sexuality

Discussions of “deviant” sexuality were visible and vibrant within artistic and literary communities.

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.

The Case of the Sultry Mountie, or, We Need to Talk about Cecil

By Justin Bengry Canada, LGBTQ

How do we discern a queer life from incomplete personal effects whose existence and content are often mediated by other family members?