Rachel Hope Cleves The fortieth-anniversary celebration of Jonathan Ned Katz’s classic document collection Gay American History convened Wednesday evening, May 4, at John Jay College in New York City, with a panel on lesbian history. Cheryl Clarke presided over comments by Caroll Smith-Rosenberg and Claire Potter to an audience that […]
Tag: Early America
How to Study an American Sex Scandal
When does sex become a political weapon?
From Cod to Codpieces: Benjamin Franklin’s Guide to Food and Sex
Benjamin Franklin’s dalliances with a cod may not seem particularly notable, given his other exploits.
Beyond the Binary: Trans* History in Early America
Notches Dispatches are submissions from our readers that offer critical accounts of conferences, symposia, and workshops in the history of sexuality. This post by Rachel Hope Cleves is the first of a series of Dispatches from panels on the history of sexuality at the 2015 meeting of the American Historical Association. […]