Researching prostitution makes Julia Laite more of a labour historian than a historian of sexuality.
Tag: twentieth century
Gender, Sex and Sexuality in 20th-Century British History: Some new directions
The symposium demonstrated the continued vitality of research into gender, sex and sexuality in modern British history
Male Order: Tom of Finland and the Queer Iconography of Postage Stamps
How do postage stamps contribute to a public history of queer lives and sexualities?
A Second Valentine’s Day: Japan’s ‘White Day’
On Valentine’s Day, women give presents to men, while on White Day, men return the favor.
Individual Freedom as Misappropriation: Race, Sexuality and the Use of Civil Rights History
The argument that individual rights is the natural legacy of civil rights has long been a staple of American conservatism.
‘Dinnae Meddle!’*: Scotland and the Historiography of Homosexual Law Reform
Scotland was not included in the 1967 Sexual Offences Act.
Valentine’s as Prostitution, Marriage as a Trade: Commerce, Sex, History (and a recipe)
Valentine’s Day most certainly blends sex, love, and commerce.
