Julian Eltinge, America’s Greatest Female Impersonator

By Andrew Erdman NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

Andrew Erdman’s book is the first biography of female impersonator Julian Eltinge.

The Languages of Queer History

By Stephen Turton Queer Philologies

Studying the language of queer history gives us insight into past efforts to control the social value of gender and sexuality by defining their meaning.

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

By Kirsten Leng Modern Europe, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

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, Childhood and Youth, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

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

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

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, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

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