In 1918 over 100 women were convicted for infecting a member of the armed forces with VD.
Too Little, Too Late: The Path To Griswold v. Connecticut
It had taken fifty years to defeat the repressive, prudish and sexist ban on birth control.
Food and Sexuality
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.
Religion and Sexuality
The Catholic Church and Child Sexual Abuse in Twentieth-Century Ireland
It was their word against the word of the adults, the doers of God’s work on Earth.
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The Catholic Church and Child Sexual Abuse in Twentieth-Century Ireland
It was their word against the word of the adults, the doers of God’s work on Earth.
Resisting the Virus of Prejudice: Sex Workers Fight the AIDS Panic
Sex workers, working as peer researchers, mapped the epidemiology of HIV in 1985.
Histories of Sexuality and the Carceral State—Part 2
How do race, gender, and sexuality intersect in order to shape policing and imprisonment?
‘Every time I see a cock I go funny’: what regional studies bring to histories of sexuality
When sexual desire was not attached to notions of sexual identity.
History from the Witness Stand: An Interview with George Chauncey
George Chauncey has testified as an expert witness in more than thirty cases dealing with gay rights.
More Than Loving: Race, Sexuality & Public Memory in the Movement for Marriage Equality
Discussion of Obergefell compared activism for marriage equality with efforts to secure equal rights.
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Author Interviews
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Sex, Soldiers and the South Pacific
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J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI, and the “Sex Deviates” Program
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The Forgotten History of Gay Liberation: An Interview With Jim Downs
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Reforming Sodom: Protestants and the Rise of Gay Rights
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The Religious Right and the Politics of Sexuality: An Interview with Neil J. Young
