Tag: religion

Gender, Sex and Sexuality in 20th-Century British History: Some new directions

By Ben Mechen April 28, 2014 Dispatches, United Kingdom 1 comment

Ben Mechen and Kevin Guyan On Tuesday 8th April 2014, thirteen speakers and twenty delegates, from PhD students to professors, gathered for a one-day symposium at University College London called ‘New Directions: Gender, Sex and Sexuality in 20th Century British History‘. Across twelve papers and one keynote address, tackling everything […]

The Problematic Priestly Body: Celibacy, Sexuality and the Trials of the Medieval Clergy

By Katherine Harvey March 18, 2014 Medieval 0 comments

Katherine Harvey Although Notches is a blog about the history of sexuality, as a historian of the late medieval Church I spend most of my time thinking about a group of men who were not supposed to engage in any form of sexual activity: the medieval clergy. The ideal of […]

The Gay Jim Crow – The legal history behind "religious freedom" to discriminate

By Adam Shapiro February 27, 2014 LGBTQ, Post-1945 United States 0 comments

Adam Shapiro Several US states, most notably Arizona have considered legislation to ensure the “religious freedom” of individuals and businesses who wish to exclude customers on the basis of their sexual orientation. These bills don’t really signal a new change in the cultural or legal understanding of sexuality and sexual orientation in […]