How did a Victorian heart medicine become a cornerstone of queer pleasure and politics? Author Adam Zmith joins NOTCHES to discuss his novel Deep Sniff: A History of Poppers and Queer Futures.

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#QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #NOTCHESBlog #GayCulture

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Illicit Monogamy: Inside a Fundamentalist Mormon Community by William Jankowiak

Read the exclusive author interview here: wp.me/p6JJ6S-4PT

#LGBTQHistory #HistoryOfSexuality #FamilyStudies #ReligiousHistory #Polyamory #Polyamorous #Mormon

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“Dolled up to the nines to go to a flippin' public toilet!”: Cruising in Belfast During the Troubles by Niall Herron. How did queer cruising unfold during the Troubles, and what can it teach us about sexuality, space, and conflict?

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In case you haven’t seen it, today we posted our fascinating interview with Douglas Pretsell on Urning: Queer Identity in the German Nineteenth Century.

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#historyofsexuality #Germanhistory

Brand new NOTCHES post out now!

Read Urning: Queer Identity in the German Nineteenth Century by Douglas Pretsell here: wp.me/p6JJ6S-4Px

#historyofsexuality #Germanhistory #queerhistory

Over the past two months, NOTCHES has proudly spotlighted Trans-centered histories, stories, and voices. As we culminate our #Pride2025 coverage, we affirm that Trans histories are not marginal, they are integral to broader histories of sexuality, identity, and resistance.🏳️‍⚧️

#TransHistory #Pride

Lets #ThrowbackThursday to 2020 when Spain’s Royal Academy briefly recognized the gender-neutral pronoun ‘elle’— a landmark moment for #nonbinary visibility in Spanish. Weeks later it was quietly erased, cutting short a rare window for institutional recognition.

Link: wp.me/p6JJ6S-4ID

#Linguistics