John-Pierre Joyce

Venetian officials sought to stem a ‘plague’ of sodomy by promoting the heterosexual sex trade.

Despite the difficulties in accessing official archival sources, the history of homophobic persecution in Russia is covered convincingly in this study.

The Sexual Offences Act of 1967 was not the great step forward it is sometimes purported to be.

Two excellent studies highlight the commonality of gay and lesbian experience in Britain and Germany over the past century and a half. 

During the 1950s and 1960s, debates over the legality and morality of homosexuality drove gay men and doctors to desperate and dangerous measures in their search for a ‘cure’, writes John-Pierre Joyce.