The History of Mandatory Nude Swimming for Men in the US
How 20th-century sanitary rules turned YMCA pools and schools into legal spaces for gay men.
LGBT History of the United States and Canada
LGBT history of the United States and Canada: archives, visual culture, intimacy, and LGBT life in North America.
The Future President’s Secret Operation: How Franklin Roosevelt Spent a Million Dollars on a Hunt for Gay Men in the Navy
…to rid the U.S. Navy in Newport, Rhode Island, of ‘cocksuckers and rectum receivers.’
Two Republican Politicians from Georgia and Their Old Photographs in Women’s Clothing
School photos and their place in the campaign for the U.S. Senate.
Support for LGBT Rights in the US: PRRI's 2025 50-State Survey
Data from all 50 states on anti-discrimination protections, same-sex marriage, and transgender rights.
The Story of the 2016 “Twinks for Trump” Photo Shoot
Lucian Wintrich, homoerotic aesthetics, and the dispute over whether the project was propaganda or trolling.
Homoeroticism of the Victorian Era: Male Intimacy in Photographs from the 1850s–1890s in the Herbert Mitchell Collection
A gallery of portraits in which men embrace and hold hands.