Would you mind if Neil Bartlett asked you a few personal questions about sex?

By Ania Ostrowska May 24, 2016 Archives of Desire 0 comments

The Wellcome Collection’s ‘Institute of Sexology’ was the first major event of its kind in the UK.

Archives of Desire: Analog Sexting

By Josh Adair May 3, 2016 Archives of Desire 1 comment

My grandparents helped pave the way for virtual trysts.

Archives of Desire: Soft-Core Pornography and Activism in the 1960s

By Helis Sikk April 26, 2016 Archives of Desire, LGBTQ, Post-1945 United States 0 comments

The Los Angeles Advocate captured the essence of an important segment of the LGBTQ culture.

The Rejected: Homophile Activists in the Spotlight

By notcheseditor January 7, 2016 Archives of Desire 0 comments

The Rejected was a groundbreaking representation of gays in the American media.

Archives of Desire: James Huneker “Nosophilia: A Nordau Heroine”

By notcheseditor August 11, 2015 Archives of Desire 0 comments

Discussions of “deviant” sexuality were visible and vibrant within artistic and literary communities.

Archives of Desire: A Lavender Reading of J. Edgar Hoover

By Christopher Elias July 30, 2015 Archives of Desire, LGBTQ 6 comments

Collier’s made one of the earliest print references to the sexuality of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover.

Archives of Desire: Happiness of Womanhood Newsletter, 1977

By Neil Young May 12, 2015 Archives of Desire, Post-1945 United States 0 comments

Fears of changing sexual mores shaped HOW’s women’s worldview and mobilized their politics.