The Possible Homosexuality of Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich of the Romanov Family
A Caucasian childhood, scholarly work, liberal views, and an episode surrounding Rasputin’s murder — set against a life without marriage or children.
Modern era
Homoeroticism of the Victorian Era: Male Intimacy in Photographs from the 1850s–1890s from the Herbert Mitchell Collection
A gallery of portraits in which men embrace and hold hands.
Maslenitsa Effigy: The “Man in Women’s Clothes” of Russia’s Pre-Lent Carnival
A cross-dressing effigy in Maslenitsa customs as described in early 20th-century accounts.
Was Atatürk Gay or Bisexual?
What memoirs, biographies, and British intelligence reports say about the sexuality of Turkey’s founder.
Andrey Avinoff: A Russian Émigré Artist, Gay Man, and Scientist
How Orthodox Christianity, butterflies, a scientific career, and male eroticism came together.
Russian Poet Ivan Dmitriev, Boy Favourites, and Same-Sex Desire His the Fables 'The Two Doves' and 'The Two Friends'
A friend of Karamzin and Derzhavin, minister of justice, and a fable writer whose “friendship” turns into male love.
Sergei Romanov: A Homosexual Member of the Imperial Family
The life of Grand Duke – a “white marriage” without children, homosexuality, service in Moscow, and a tragic death.
The Execution of the Siamese Gay Prince Rakronnaret (Mom Kraison): Power and a Charge of Treason
The earliest known episode in Thailand’s LGBT history.
Did Swedes Really Take Sick Leave for Homosexuality to Protest or Get Out of Work?
What really happened?
The Diary of the Moscow Bisexual Merchant Pyotr Medvedev in the 1860s
His escapades and self-reflection.
Uncensored Russian Folklore: Highlights from Afanasyev’s “Russian Secret Tales”
“Sowing Dicks,” “The Fool,” and “The Soldier and the Priest.”