Controlling Sex in Captivity

By Matthias Reiss 20th and 21st Century United States, Author Interviews, LGBTQ, Modern Europe

The book is the first critical study of heterosexual and same-sex activities involving Axis prisoners of war in the United States during World War II.

Patient Zero and the Making of the AIDS Epidemic

By Richard McKay Author Interviews, Canada, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ, Medicine and the Body

How did a single gay man become blamed for causing the North American AIDS epidemic?

A Portrait of Jane Crow: An Interview with Rosalind Rosenberg

By Alexie Glover 20th and 21st Century United States, Author Interviews, LGBTQ, Race and Ethnicity

Rosalind Rosenberg describes Pauli Murray’s struggles with her gender identity and demonstrates that Murray was truly a person ahead of her time.

“So Complicated”: The Sexual Politics of U.S. Health Care Reform

By Beatrix Hoffman 20th and 21st Century United States

An examination of the historic beliefs and current thinking underpinning the Republican desire to repeal Obamacare.

American Child Brides and the Dangers of Underage Sex

By Nicholas Syrett Childhood and Youth

Revisiting an earlier generation of reformers exposes that marriage was not a magical cure-all.

Fireball in Newark: The Ballroom Scene and Legendary Houses

By notcheseditor LGBTQ, Race and Ethnicity

Fireball is a fast and furious DIY event.

Rethinking Bussing in the 1970s: The Sexual Politics of School Integration in the United States

By Gillian Frank 20th and 21st Century United States, Childhood and Youth, Race and Ethnicity

In the United States, racial divisions have long been sexualized.