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Histories of Sexuality and the Carceral State—Part 2

By Regina Kunzel July 5, 2016 Post-1945 United States 0 comments

How do race, gender, and sexuality intersect in order to shape policing and imprisonment?

History from the Witness Stand: An Interview with George Chauncey

By Rachel Hope Cleves June 23, 2016 LGBTQ, Post-1945 United States 0 comments

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

By Jennifer Jones June 16, 2016 Post-1945 United States 0 comments

Discussion of Obergefell compared activism for marriage equality with efforts to secure equal rights.

Lesbian Histories and Futures: A Dispatch From “Gay American History @ 40”

By Rachel Hope Cleves May 18, 2016 Dispatches 5 comments

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 […]

Gay Politics and Police Politics in the American City

By Christopher Agee February 25, 2016 LGBTQ, Post-1945 United States 1 comment

Christopher Lowen Agee In 1960 Patrolman John Mindermann, a rookie officer in the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD), was assigned to San Francisco’s Polk Gulch neighborhood. On his first night out, he stumbled upon the Cable Car Village, a gay bar. Speaking with me years later, he recounted this discovery […]

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.

Homophile Priests, LGBT Rights, and Scottish Churches, 1967-1986

By Jeff Meek November 12, 2015 LGBTQ, United Kingdom 1 comment

Jeffrey Meek There’s a long history to the intersection of religious faith and sexuality in Scotland. The introduction of same-sex marriage, LGBT clergy, and the Church of Scotland’s liberalising attitude to LGBT+ rights and issues all attest to significant changes within the institution. While the Church of England played a crucial role in the […]