Discovering Sex in the Civil War

By Judith Giesberg Early America

Surrounded by death, Civil War soldiers found pleasure and fraternity in sharing erotic pictures and prints.

Flight Attendant Unions Make the Economy Work for Queer Families

By Ryan Murphy 20th and 21st Century United States

Flight attendant unions have been hotbeds of feminist and LGBTQ activism for fifty years.

Archives of Desire: Debbie Does Death

By Josh Adair 20th and 21st Century United States

Even in death a Republican-appointed judge wanted to be remembered for his stance against pornography.

The Forgotten History of Gay Liberation: An Interview With Jim Downs

By Rachel Hope Cleves 20th and 21st Century United States, Author Interviews, LGBTQ

I wanted to explain that the 1970s was much more than a decade about sex.

Reforming Sodom: Protestants and the Rise of Gay Rights

By Heather White 20th and 21st Century United States, Author Interviews, LGBTQ, Religion and Sexuality

The forgotten history of liberal Protestants’ role on both sides of debates over orthodoxy & sexual identity.

The Religious Right and the Politics of Sexuality: An Interview with Neil J. Young

By Neil Young 20th and 21st Century United States, Author Interviews, Religion and Sexuality

Young upends the widely-believed myths about the political origins and motivations of the Religious Right.

After Roe: Engaging the Lost History of the Abortion Debate

By Gillian Frank 20th and 21st Century United States, Author Interviews, Medicine and the Body

Grassroots activists and politicians responded to the 1973 ruling in the two decades that followed it.