Lovers in Leicester: A Twentieth-Century Gay Couple

By Jo Somerset LGBTQ, United Kingdom

Jo Somerset reads between the lines to decipher a gay couple’s secret life in Leicester during the twentieth century.

Lady Chatterley’s Lover: A Queer Case

By Gareth Smith LGBTQ, United Kingdom

The Chatterley trial hinged on the disavowing or defending of ‘deviant’ sexual acts within the novel, making it a distinctly queer case.

Before AIDS: Gay Health Politics in the 1970s

By Katie Batza 20th and 21st Century United States, Author Interviews, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ, Medicine and the Body

This book traces the emergence of a vibrant and multi-faceted national gay medical infrastructure during the 1970s.

Canada’s First Gay Student Activist Group

By Elspeth Brown Canada, LGBTQ

The University of Toronto might have sacked Jearld Moldenhauer for being out, proud, and vocal, but they were fighting a losing battle.

Searching for Sex Crimes in Rural Nebraska

By Brian Trump 20th and 21st Century United States, Sexual Violence

Trips to courthouses across Nebraska raised important questions about how to conduct research on sexual violence in rural spaces.

Queer Fascism and the End of Gay History

By Laurie Marhoefer LGBTQ

Now that the Right is in power in the United States, people are remembering the first openly gay politician, that is, the top Nazi Ernst Röhm.

Tongzhi: “Queer” Identity Politics in Hong Kong Before and After the Handover

By GVGK Tang Asian Sexualities, Empire and Colonialism, LGBTQ

Chinese ‘tongzhi’ renounce Western LGBT politic and reclaim an indigenous “queer” identity.