Prison Sex and Solitary Confinement in Pennsylvania, 1790-1829, by Jen Manion

On the publication of Jen Manion’s book Liberty's Prisoners: Carceral Culture in Early America (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015), OutHistory featured an original essay by Manion. It discusses how sex between men in early Philadelphia…

Jews, Blacks, and Lesbian Teens in the 1940s: Jo Sinclair’s "The Changelings" and “The Long Moment,” by Elly Bulkin

An essay by Elly Bulkin about Jo Sinclair, pen name of Ruth Seid (1913-1995), a working-class Jewish lesbian writer. Sinclair's positive portrayals of 1940s lesbians and norm-breaking teen, her fictional explorations of Jewish identity, and her…

The Black Drag Queens Who Fought Before Stonewall, 1880-1900, by Channing G. Joseph

During Black History Month in 2016, OutHistory presented original research discoveries about parties organized by cross-dressed African American men in Washington, D.C., in the 1880s and 1890s.

Channing Joseph

Drag Part Raided Washington Critic

Evening Star, April 13 1888

Drag Party Participants

"Colored Men in Female Attire"

Jonathan Ned Katz: Writing, Work

This features collects essays by and work about Jonathan Ned Katz,

Community Party Cartoon

Changelings Cover, 1983

Changelings Cover, 1955

Wasteland Cover, 1946

Jo Sinclair, Reprint of Wasteland

Jo Sinclair, Cover of The Seasons

Jo Sinclair, Anna Teller Dust jacket

Jo Sinclair, Ohioana Library Book Award

Jo Sinclair, Changelings Back Cover

Jo Sinclair and Frederic McConnell

Jo Sinclair, dustjacket of Wasteland