Sexual Politics and Feminist Science: Women Sexologists in Germany, 1900-1933

By Kirsten Leng Author Interviews 0 comments

German-speaking feminists created new knowledge in sexology that challenged sexist biases and expanded possibilities for gendered and sexual expression.

Sex, Law and the Politics of Age: Child Marriage in India, 1891-1937

By Ishita Pande Asian Sexualities, Author Interviews, Childhood and Youth 0 comments

Sex, Law and the Politics of Age: Child Marriage in India, 1891-1937 is a microhistory of a law restraining child marriages passed in colonial India in 1929.

“Clinical Demonstration by Two Expert Intellectuals”: Robert Latou Dickinson’s Representations of Sexual Intercourse

By Donna Drucker 20th and 21st Century United States, Medicine and the Body 0 comments

Dickinson’s representations of sexual encounters show the possibilities of gathering sex research data with live couples

Beyond the Binary: Science, History, and the Radical Possibilities of Sex and Gender

By Kirsten Leng LGBTQ, Trans 1 comment

Science has been a crucial resource for those seeking to radically rethink the possibilities of sex, gender, and sexuality.

Sex in the Archives: Writing American Sexual Histories

By Barry Reay 20th and 21st Century United States, Author Interviews 0 comments

Sex in the Archives is an experiment in writing an American sexual history that refuses the confines of identity in sexuality studies.

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

By Janet Weston 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.

After Eunuchs: Science, Medicine, and the Transformation of Sex in Modern China

By Howard Chiang Asian Sexualities, Author Interviews, LGBTQ, Trans 0 comments

After Eunuchs tells a history of sex change in modern China.