The Massage Establishments Scandal: Coding and De-coding Sex Work at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

By Jessica Gregory Sexual Labour

The late-Victorian massage parlour and its promotions became a site of moralistic concern, but could its ambiguous intentions be de-coded?

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.

The FBI, Sexual Predators and the Mann Act

By Jessica Pliley 20th and 21st Century United States

The Mann Act protected women from “human vultures who fatten on the shame of innocent young girls.”

Histories of Sexuality and the Carceral State—Part 2

By Regina Kunzel 20th and 21st Century United States

How do race, gender, and sexuality intersect in order to shape policing and imprisonment?

‘Every time I see a cock I go funny’: what regional studies bring to histories of sexuality

By Helen Smith LGBTQ, United Kingdom

When sexual desire was not attached to notions of sexual identity.

Histories of Sexuality and the Carceral State–Part 1

By Devin McGeehan Muchmore 20th and 21st Century United States, Early America

What can histories of sexuality and gender tell us about the carceral state?

Gay Politics and Police Politics in the American City

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

Postwar law enforcement leaders rarely prepared patrol officers for policing of gay and lesbian people.