Category: History

Noreen Giffney; Michelle M. Sauer; Diane Watt | The Lesbian Premodern | The Lesbian Premodern invites key scholars in the field of lesbian and sexuality studies to take part in an innovative conversation that offers a radi

Alexis Coe | Alice + Freda Forever | In 1892, America was obsessed with a teenage murderess, but it wasn’t her crime that shocked the nation–it was her motivation. Nineteen-year-old Alic

Monika Kehoe | Historical, Literary, And Erotic Aspects Of Lesbianism | In this thought-provoking book on lesbian history, literature, and sexuality, a diverse group of knowledgeable contributors addresses the subject of w

Andrea Weiss; Greta Schiller | Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community | ‘An illustrated historical guide to the Emmy-Award winning film’–Cover.

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The researcher and director of the documentary Before Stonew

Eric Marcus | Making History | A personal account of the forty-five-year struggle for gay and lesbian rights recalls the struggle through the eyes of more than fifty participants. B

Gertrude Stein; Samuel M. Steward; Alice B. Toklas | Dear Sammy | Letters to Steward from the famous expatriate pair, dating from the 1930s through 1966, reflect a true friendship among the correspondents, the striki

Brock Thompson | The Un-Natural State | This is a study of gay and lesbian life in Arkansas in the twentieth century, a deft weaving together of Arkansas history, dozens of oral histories, a

Linda R. Hirshman | Victory | ‘Drawing on rich archival material and in-depth interviews, a Supreme Court lawyer and political pundit chronicles the gay rights movement, revealing

Peter Purton | Sodom, Gomorrah And The New Jerusalem: | New landmark book: how Labour delivered equality

As Labour puts the final piece of the legal jigsaw in place to ensure full legal rights for

Janine Fuller; Stuart Blackley | Restricted Entry | Restricted Entry: Censorship on Trial bears witness to the epic fight waged by Little Sister’s bookstore during a decade of resisting stare censorship