Gender, Sexuality, and Family

Episode 122: The History of Sexual Orientation Conversion Therapy in the U.S.

Sexual orientation conversion therapy, the attempt to change one's sexual orientation through psychological or therapeutic practice, has now been banned in 17 …

Episode 121: The Case for Women’s History

In the spring of 2019, a widely circulated column assailed the field of history for being too "esoteric," in particular calling out subfields like women's and …

Episode 112: Harvey Milk, Forty Years Later

On November 27, 1978, Harvey Milk and George Moscone were murdered in San Francisco's City Hall. Milk was one of the first openly gay politicians in California, …