Not Straight, Not White: A Student Interview with Kevin Mumford

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

An interview with author Kevin Mumford about his new book detailing the lives of black gay men from the Civil Rights Movement to the AIDS crisis

The History of Sexuality has a Jewish Problem

By Gillian Frank Religion and Sexuality

I had the pleasure of being a respondent at a conference in honor of Heather White and Anthony Petro’s path breaking publications Reforming Sodom and After the Wrath of God.

Child Sexual Abuse? A View from England in the Later Middle Ages

By Alan Kissane Childhood and Youth, Medieval, Sexual Violence

Bringing sex offenders to justice was as challenging in the Middle Ages as it is today.

Same-Sex Marriage in Renaissance Rome

By Katherine Harvey Author Interviews, Early Modern, LGBTQ

Same-sex couples in the early modern period claimed marriage in their own particular ways.

Sex and the Devil: An Interview with Laura Stokes

By Mackenzie Cooley Author Interviews, Early Modern, Religion and Sexuality

‘The witch is a witch not only because she magically devours, destroys, or rides wolves, but also because she has sex with the devil.’

‘The Stimulus of the Flesh’ and Margaret Singleton’s Broken Vow

By Laura Wood Medieval

While many vowesses broke their chastity vows, Margaret Singleton’s case was different and remains an unsolved mystery.

Phyllis Schlafly and the Making of Grassroots Conservative Sexual Politics

By Stacie Taranto 20th and 21st Century United States

Phyllis Schlafly stood at the epicenter of conservative sexual politics.