The Borders of AIDS: Race, Quarantine, and Resistance

By Karma Chavez Author Interviews, HIV/AIDS 0 comments

The Borders of AIDS tells a story about how powerful people used AIDS as an opportunity to enact bans and quarantines and how ordinary people resisted.

Histories of Sexuality and the Carceral State-Part 3

By Regina Kunzel 20th and 21st Century United States 0 comments

Mass incarceration cannot be understood without looking through the lenses of gender and sexuality.

Reverend Anna Garlin Spencer and the Rise of “Family Life” in Early Sex Education

By Kristy Slominski Religion and Sexuality 0 comments

Liberal Protestants influenced major shifts—and later divisions—among sex educators.

Presidential Penis Politics: A Micro-History

By Rachel Hope Cleves Early America 2 comments

Donald J. Trump’s penis, size unknown, has reared its head as a political issue.

Sex and the American Quest for a Relatable Past

By Thomas Foster Early America 0 comments

How we remember the sex lives of the founding fathers reflects contemporary concerns and projections.