Internal conflict inevitably festered in the UTHA, with Moldenhauer eventually dismissed from his post for his identity and activism. Still, the UTHA managed to thrive and continues to this day as LGBTOUT. 4/4

The book sets out two distinct periods within this timeframe: the first a period of ‘subterranean worlds’, and the second a period where dedicated lesbian and gay spaces were formed. Read our interview with Korinek here: wp.me/p6JJ6S-3xC

Brogan summarises that ‘what is needed is a richer study of London’s alternative, gay and gay-friendly nightlife at that time that illuminates both how Bowery’s club followed set patterns and how it broke with them’.

‘[T]here is a vast disparity between what we know about the grim realities of living with venereal disease in this period and the often comedic treatment of the condition in art and literature’ - Gallagher

Their research centres around Aleksandr Aleksandrov, a Russo-Ukrainian Napoleonic war hero and celebrated author assigned female at birth. Check out the article to learn more about Aleksandrov’s postwar life in the small town of Elabuga– a rare account of 19th trans life writing.

Romain used a range of sources, including letters, noting that ‘letters written by African and Asian people in Britain are often not reflected on or included as sources in constructing histories of modern Britain’. Read the full article here: wp.me/p6JJ6S-4FU 3/3

Gaétan Dugas was long scapegoated as the “patient zero” who spread AIDS, and thus sparked the epidemic, within North America. McKay’s work examines this narrative and its context, marking a crucial intervention into histories of AIDS. 2/2