The Correspondence of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, 1846-1894

By Douglas Pretsell July 13, 2021 Author Interviews 0 comments

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

Men of Superior IQ: Connecting Homosexuality to Intelligence in Cold War-Era Canada

By Andrea Ens July 21, 2020 Canada, LGBTQ 0 comments

The construction of male homosexuals as intelligent was connected to broader cultural anxieties about same-sex attracted men in Cold War-era Canada.

Medicine, the Penal System and Sexual Crimes in England, 1919-1960s

By Janet Weston May 23, 2019 Author Interviews, LGBTQ, Sexual Violence, United Kingdom 0 comments

Weston’s book is a history of 20th century medical explanations for sexual crime and medico-legal attempts at rehabilitation and cure.

The Baroness: Imagining Madness, Marriage, and Murder in Nineteenth-Century Paris

By Jessie Hewitt April 25, 2017 Modern Europe 0 comments

The Baroness dramatized the relationship of disability to French citizenship and masculinity in the nineteenth century.