When sexual desire was not attached to notions of sexual identity.
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Close Your Eyes and Think of Yorkshire? Working-class Women and Sexuality in Early Twentieth-Century Yorkshire
Looking at occupational patterns and cultures contributes to understanding working-class sexuality.
“A Poison More Deadly”: Defining Obscenity in the West
Under the scrutiny of the British legal system, no work was safe from being deemed obscene.
Sexual Violence Against Children in the 1960s
Narratives of abuse have taken on different forms during different moments.
Wolfenden, Paederasty and Paedophilia
What do the Wolfenden Papers have to say about paederasty and paedophilia?
The Church of England, Sexual Morality & Institutional Decision-making
Homosexual law reform was supported by influential sections of the Church of England.
Scottish Storytelling Sessions: Queer History, Community and Archives
Oral history faces the challenge of bridging the divide between the observer and the observed.
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