“She was both Poxt and Clapt together”: Confessions of Sexual Secrets in Eighteenth-Century Venereal Cases

By Olivia Weisser Early Modern, Medicine and the Body

Sexual secrets were nothing new in the 1700s, but confessing them to a doctor became surprisingly common.

The Cologne Sexual Assaults in Historical Perspective

By Michelle Lynn Kahn Modern Europe, Sexual Violence

The language of xenophobia and nationalism has long been staged on women’s bodies.

CFP: Histories of Sexuality and Religion

By Neil Young CFP

How have religious practices, identities, beliefs, institutions and politics shaped the history of sexuality?

365 Notches: (re)marks on our 1st anniversary

By notcheseditor History of Sexuality

It’s hard to believe that we are celebrating one year of Notches! On 6 January 2014,

Blood Ties: Queer Blood, Donations, and Citizenship

By T.J. Tallie 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ, Medicine and the Body

Can queer blood be less American than straight blood?

The Queer Caribbean: Conflicting Uses of the Colonial Past

By Agnes Arnold-Forster Empire and Colonialism, Latin American Sexualities, LGBTQ

Both anti-discrimination and pro-gay activists appeal to features of a pre-colonial past.

Gender, Sex and Sexuality in 20th-Century British History: Some new directions

By Ben Mechen United Kingdom

The symposium demonstrated the continued vitality of research into gender, sex and sexuality in modern British history