Queer Terminology: LGBTQ Histories and the Semantics of Sexuality

By Claire Hayward LGBTQ, Pedagogy 5 comments

How do we find, describe and contextualise histories of same-sex love and gender identity?

“Sodomy is not Adultery”: The Clinton Sex Scandal as Queer History

By Alison Lefkovitz 20th and 21st Century United States 1 comment

Men and women could engage in a range of sex acts, which the courts recognized as sodomy, and still maintain that they had not technically cheated.

Scottish Storytelling Sessions: Queer History, Community and Archives

By Alva Traebert LGBTQ, United Kingdom 1 comment

Oral history faces the challenge of bridging the divide between the observer and the observed.

Truly Ugandan: Martyrs, Pope Francis, and the Question of Sexuality

By T.J. Tallie African Sexualities, Empire and Colonialism, Religion and Sexuality 2 comments

Francis obscured both the colonial Christian and queer sexual contexts of the executions.

“What can I do to be normal?” Queer Female Desire in Letters to Dr. Alfred Kinsey

By Amanda Littauer 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, Medicine and the Body 0 comments

Many postwar Americans were obsessed with sexual normality but their stories reveal queer possibilities.

"Coming Out" in the Classroom: When the Personal is Pedagogical

By Justin Bengry Pedagogy 15 comments

What impact would explicitly identifying my sexuality have on teaching, learning, discussions and the overall atmosphere of the classroom?