Filth, Flamboyance and Fun in Gay Slang Polari

By Lee Campbell Queer Philologies

Polari is the language of survival—a play on words, a political act.

Governing Gender and Sexuality in Colonial India

By Jessica Hinchy Author Interviews

For many colonial officials, Hijras were not only a danger to ‘public morals’, but also a threat to colonial political authority.

“Beyond the Law”: The Politics Ending the Death Penalty for Sodomy in Britain

By Charles Upchurch LGBTQ, United Kingdom

Beyond the Law focuses on the multiple ways various groups of individuals in the early nineteenth century understood what sodomy was, and what constituted an ethical response to it.

Radical Relationships: The Civil War-Era Correspondence of Mathilde Franziska Anneke

By Alison Efford Author Interviews, Early America, LGBTQ

The lives, letters, and “romantic friendship” shared between two women during the nineteenth century.

The Correspondence of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, 1846-1894

By Douglas Pretsell Author Interviews, LGBTQ, Modern Europe

The first critical edition of the complete correspondence of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, a founding figure in the history of sexuality.

Queering Romantic Engagement in the Postal Age: A Rhetorical Education

By Pamela VanHaitsma Author Interviews, LGBTQ

On the everyday rhetorical ingenuity of queer romantic letter-writing practices in the nineteenth-century United States.

Searching for Sex Crimes in Rural Nebraska

By Brian Trump 20th and 21st Century United States, Sexual Violence

Trips to courthouses across Nebraska raised important questions about how to conduct research on sexual violence in rural spaces.