LGBTQ+ history

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The boy that emperor Nero made his ‘wife’: what the tragedy of the castrated Sporus tells us about homosexuality in ancient Rome

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Women enjoy life on two wheels in this 1895 photograph. The bicycle was a key part of the image of the ‘New Woman’ (Photo by Glasshouse Images/Alamy Stock Photo)

Challenging gender in the Victorian Age: the ‘masculine’ New Woman and ‘effeminate’ New Man . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Jason Okundaye (Photo by Damien McFadden)

Jason Okundaye on the Black gay community and its tensions: “The movement has always been a broad church” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A surprising history of sex between men . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Being Black and gay in postwar Britain . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

James VI and I and his favourites, Robert Carr and George Villiers

James VI and I and his favourites: what were their relationships like?

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Pod Chris Parks Stonewall WL

Stonewall: the 1969 fight for gay rights . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Drag: a British history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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LGBTQ people who changed the world

American civil rights activist Bayard Rustin

Bayard Rustin: the quiet force behind the March on Washington

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Pod Luke Turner WL

Fight like a man? Masculinity in WW2 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Men kiss in a medieval illumination.

Are some LGBTQ histories being overlooked? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My history hero Michelle Gayle chooses James Baldwin . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Oscar Wilde on trial . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod LGBTQ Panel WL

Which LGBTQ+ histories get told – and which get overlooked? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.