Histories of Sexuality and the Carceral State–Part 1

By Devin McGeehan Muchmore 20th and 21st Century United States, Early America 0 comments

What can histories of sexuality and gender tell us about the carceral state?

Moral Panic and Syphilis in Jamaica

By Jill Briggs Empire and Colonialism, Medicine and the Body 0 comments

Venereal diseases became a means through which colonial elites and moral reformers condemned, surveilled, and made medical interventions against the Jamaican masses.

Gay Politics and Police Politics in the American City

By Christopher Agee 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ 1 comment

Postwar law enforcement leaders rarely prepared patrol officers for policing of gay and lesbian people.

Catholicism, Contraception, and The History of Sexuality

By David Geiringer Medicine and the Body, Religion and Sexuality 0 comments

The Commission had the potential to challenge the very nature of Catholic epistemology.

The Cologne Sexual Assaults in Historical Perspective

By Michelle Lynn Kahn Modern Europe, Sexual Violence 4 comments

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

Truly Ugandan: Martyrs, Pope Francis, and the Question of Sexuality

By T.J. Tallie African Sexualities, Empire and Colonialism, Religion and Sexuality 2 comments

Francis obscured both the colonial Christian and queer sexual contexts of the executions.

Christmas Isn’t for Queers

By Lauren Gutterman 20th and 21st Century United States, LGBTQ 4 comments

Christmas experiences of those stuck outside the quintessential white, middle-class, nuclear family.