# sexinghistory.com > AI-optimized mirror of sexinghistory.com containing 49 pages totalling 32,089 words of clean markdown content, structured data, and semantic HTML. Original source: https://sexinghistory.com/. Last updated: 2026-06-13T21:34:39.689Z. Each page is available as HTML (with JSON-LD structured data) and Markdown (text-only, ideal for LLMs and RAG). ## Homepage - [Season 1](/content/site-root.html) (149 words) ## Articles & Blog Posts - [Biden Reverses Trump’s Transgender Military Ban](/content/under-the-covers/djl9e5c5xd85m45-c7b7j-yxg7c-bmxws-zgr2g-aadsm-5gc45-km2wn-feppw-e9hw6-pwlsr.html): Print "Biden Reverses Trump’s Transgender Military Ban" ”On Monday 25 January, President Biden overturned a Trump administration policy banning transgender individuals from serving in the military.” Chris Johnson, “Biden signs Executive Order to undo Trump’s transgender military ban&q, (654 words) - [Print](/content/under-the-covers/djl9e5c5xd85m45-c7b7j-yxg7c-bmxws-zgr2g-aadsm-5gc45-km2wn-feppw-e9hw6-pwlsr-hwseb-z2bzb-rdkym-7kk55-2sg7e-cy752-5a6s8-b27xr.html): Print "M, F or X? American Passports Will Soon Have Another Option for Gender." ”The State Department also will no longer require medical certification when applying for passports if applicants’ stated gender does not match other identification documents.” "Overlooked No More: Ev, (552 words) - [A WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF SEXUALITY, HISTORY AND CURRENT EVENTS — Sexing History](/content/under-the-covers/djl9e5c5xd85m45-c7b7j-yxg7c-bmxws-zgr2g-aadsm-5gc45-km2wn-feppw-e9hw6-pwlsr-hwseb-z2bzb-rdkym-7kk55-2sg7e-cy752.html): Print "Why the Latest Republican Assault on L.G.B.T.Q. Rights Is Different" ”L.G.B.T.Q. Americans — and particularly transgender and nonbinary people — are not simply living in a state of emergency; we are living in many states of imminent danger. The usual calls to action aren’t enough, (746 words) - [Print](/content/under-the-covers/djl9e5c5xd85m45-c7b7j-yxg7c-bmxws-zgr2g-aadsm-5gc45-km2wn-feppw-e9hw6-pwlsr-hwseb.html): Print "N.Y. Repeals Law That Critics Say Criminalized ‘Walking While Trans’" ”The anti-loitering law was designed to discourage street prostitution, but was viewed by L.G.B.T.Q. advocates as a cudgel to harass transgender people.” “Joseph Sonnabend, pioneering AIDS physician, dies at , (830 words) - [Print](/content/under-the-covers/djl9e5c5xd85m45-c7b7j-yxg7c-bmxws-zgr2g-aadsm-5gc45-km2wn-feppw-e9hw6-pwlsr-hwseb-z2bzb-rdkym-7kk55.html): Print "Equality Act is creating a historic face-off between religious exemptions and LGBTQ rights" ”As written, the Equality Act would override existing law that says the federal government must show it has a compelling interest before curbing religious rights. Because of that, many l, (676 words) - [Print](/content/under-the-covers/djl9e5c5xd85m45-c7b7j-yxg7c-bmxws-zgr2g-aadsm-5gc45-km2wn-feppw-e9hw6-pwlsr-hwseb-z2bzb-rdkym-7kk55-2sg7e.html): Print "Biden Administration Restores Rights for Transgender Patients" ”Officials invited people subject to health care discrimination to file complaints. But formal rule-making will be needed before a Trump-era policy can be fully reversed.” "White House Reverses Trump Ban on LGB, (701 words) - [Print](/content/under-the-covers/djl9e5c5xd85m45-c7b7j-yxg7c-bmxws-zgr2g-aadsm-5gc45-km2wn-feppw-e9hw6-pwlsr-hwseb-z2bzb-rdkym-7kk55-2sg7e-cy752-5a6s8-b27xr-3ft5m-bhxf5-rc6pd.html): Print "Transgender Athletes Face Bans From Girls’ Sports in 10 U.S. States" ”Over the past two years, nine states have enacted laws to bar transgender girls and women from competing in girls’ and women’s sports. Another relied on an executive order for a ban.” "U.S. Issues First , (564 words) - [Print](/content/under-the-covers/djl9e5c5xd85m45-c7b7j-yxg7c-bmxws-zgr2g-aadsm-5gc45-km2wn-feppw-e9hw6-pwlsr-hwseb-z2bzb-rdkym-7kk55-94dcm.html): Print "Students Sue Department Of Education To Outlaw LGBTQ Discrimination At Christian Colleges" ”Students from 25 religiously-affiliated colleges and universities have filed a class-action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education, claiming the schools are unconstitutionally di, (752 words) - [Topless Roanoke](/content/sexinghistory/index.html) (1,946 words) - [Print](/content/under-the-covers/djl9e5c5xd85m45-c7b7j-yxg7c-bmxws-zgr2g-aadsm-5gc45-km2wn-feppw-e9hw6-pwlsr-hwseb-z2bzb-rdkym-7kk55-2sg7e-cy752-5a6s8-b27xr-3ft5m.html): Print "Argentina Formally Recognizes Nonbinary People, a Latin American First" ”Argentines no longer have to be identified as female or male on their national identity documents, the latest step in President Alberto Fernández’s push for gender equality.” "Judge Temporarily Blocks, (695 words) - [Print](/content/under-the-covers/djl9e5c5xd85m45-c7b7j-yxg7c-bmxws-zgr2g-aadsm-5gc45-km2wn-feppw-e9hw6-pwlsr-hwseb-z2bzb-rdkym.html): Print "House Passes Sweeping Gay and Transgender Equality Legislation" ”The bill, first passed by the Democratic-led House in 2019, faces a steep climb in the Senate. It was approved as Democrats and Republicans sparred more broadly over transgender rights.” "The Equality Act and, (644 words) - [Print](/content/under-the-covers/djl9e5c5xd85m45-c7b7j-yxg7c-bmxws-zgr2g-aadsm-5gc45-km2wn-feppw-e9hw6-pwlsr-hwseb-z2bzb.html): Print "Equality Act introduced in House to provide sweeping LGBTQ protections" ”Democratic U.S. lawmakers last week introduced sweeping legislation to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity, marking the first step in advancing a set of historic measures t, (695 words) - [Print](/content/under-the-covers/djl9e5c5xd85m45-c7b7j-yxg7c-bmxws-zgr2g-aadsm-5gc45-km2wn-feppw-e9hw6-pwlsr-hwseb-z2bzb-rdkym-7kk55-2sg7e-cy752-5a6s8.html): Print "Supreme Court Backs Catholic Agency in Case on Gay Rights and Foster Care" ”The Supreme Court ruled unanimously last week that a Catholic social services agency in Philadelphia could defy city rules and refuse to work with same-sex couples who apply to take in foster children., (704 words) - [Print](/content/under-the-covers/djl9e5c5xd85m45-c7b7j-yxg7c-bmxws-zgr2g-aadsm-5gc45-km2wn-feppw-e9hw6-pwlsr-hwseb-z2bzb-rdkym-7kk55-2sg7e-cy752-5a6s8-b27xr-3ft5m-bhxf5-rc6pd-b56n3.html): Print "Chile Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage at Fraught Political Moment" ”The legalization of same-sex marriage in Chile comes as the country grapples with sweeping demands for social change.” "What Will It Take to Build a Mass Movement for Abortion Rights?" ”It’s time to turn, (562 words) - [A MONTHLY ROUNDUP OF SEXUALITY, HISTORY AND CURRENT EVENTS — Sexing History](/content/under-the-covers/djl9e5c5xd85m45-c7b7j-yxg7c-bmxws-zgr2g-aadsm-5gc45-km2wn-feppw-e9hw6-pwlsr-hwseb-z2bzb-rdkym-7kk55-2sg7e-cy752-5a6s8-b27xr-3ft5m-bhxf5.html): Print "The School Culture Wars: ‘You Have Brought Division to Us’" ”From mask mandates to critical race theory and gender identity, educators are besieged. “You are just trying to keep everything from collapsing,” one official said.” "As redistricting process begins, advocates pu, (499 words) - [Print](/content/under-the-covers/index.html) (13,694 words) - [Sexism Takes Flight](/content/sexinghistory/2018/2/13/episode-6-sexism-takes-flight/index.html): In the 1960s, the airline industry ramped up its sexualization of stewardesses in order to increase revenues. Decades before the #MeToo movement, flight attendants navigated a workplace in which their employers required them to stay thin, remain unmarried, and squeeze into revealing clothing every d, (75 words) - [Bandstand and the Closet](/content/sexinghistory/2018/9/16/season-2-episode-1-bandstand-and-the-closet/index.html): The hit television show American Bandstand has shaped how we understand the 1950s and early 1960s. For many, American Bandstand still evokes nostalgic images of white youth culture and sexually innocent teenage romance: a world made up of malt shops, juke joints, sock hops and drive-in movie the, (186 words) - [Episode 2: Abortion on Trial](/content/sexinghistory/tag/prochoice/index.html) (50 words) - [An Interview with Mark S. King](/content/sexinghistory/2018/11/12/season-2-bonus-track-telerotic-an-interview-with-mark-s-king.html): Welcome to a bonus track from Sexing History. This track features an extended version of Gillian Frank’s interview with Mark S. King from our most recent episode “Sex Over the Phone.” That episode explores how phone sex lines and dial-a-porn transformed the intimacy of phone conversations into a mul, (169 words) - [Sex Over the Phone](/content/sexinghistory/2018/9/16/season-2-episode-1-bandstand-and-the-closet-sk5r8/index.html): For years, telephone companies had been encouraging customers to “reach out and touch someone.” In the 1980s, phone sex lines and dial-a-porn transformed the intimacy of phone conversations into a multi-million-dollar sexual enterprise. A simple and relatively cheap phone call could connect you with, For years, telephone companies had been encouraging customers to “reach out and touch someone.” In the 1980s, phone sex lines and dial-a-porn transformed the intimacy of phone conversations into a multi-million-dollar sexual enterprise. A simple and relatively cheap phone call could connect you with dial-a-porn, a telephone service offering short erotic recordings. Phone sex lines were more expensive, and featured operators, known as fantasy artists, who would act out sexual fantasies for and with you.  Over the course of the 1980s, telephones, credit cards and imaginations brought countless people together to co-create sexual fantasies, and experience new forms of sexual gratification. (196 words) - [Episode 2: Abortion on Trial](/content/sexinghistory/tag/prolife/index.html) (50 words) - [Against Our Will](/content/sexinghistory/2019/6/24/season-2-episode-4-canary-2be6z-759xj/index.html): In the 1960s and early 1970s many Americans believed that rape was a rare and violent act perpetrated by outsiders and sociopaths. Popular culture taught men that women needed to be tricked or coerced into sex, and psychiatrists accused rape victims of secretly inviting their attacks. Susan Brownmil, (238 words) - [Episode 8: Mama Was a Star](/content/sexinghistory/2018/4/21/episode-8-mama-was-a-star/index.html): Chances are you’ve never heard of Ruth Wallis, one of the greatest singers, comedians, and performers of sexually suggestive lyrics in the postwar United States. Most of her catalogue remains on vinyl and historians have forgotten her. But from the 1940s until the early 1970s, Ruth, (195 words) - [A Sacred Calling](/content/sexinghistory/2019/11/21/season-2-bonus-episode-2-marabel-morgan-g69ap-fsmml-dx8my-5cczc-epgnt.html): For nearly half a century, Curtis Boyd and Glenna Halvorson Boyd have devoted their lives to providing safe and affirming abortion care. Curtis, a former Baptist minister, began providing abortions in Texas before the procedure was legal in the state. After Roe, with the help of an interfaith networ, (176 words) - [Canary](/content/sexinghistory/2019/6/24/season-2-episode-4-canary/index.html): For a short time in the 1970s, Canary Conn was everywhere. She was on television. On the radio. And on bookshelves. Her story, that of a Texas-born recording artist, husband and father who transitioned into a woman whom the media described as “young,” “lithe” and “with flowing blon, (242 words) - [The Pickup Artist](/content/sexinghistory/2019/11/21/season-2-bonus-episode-2-marabel-morgan-g69ap-fsmml.html): Straight white men’s sexuality is too often imagined as natural, timeless, and unchanging. In “The Pickup Artist,” we showcase the 1970 bestseller, How to Pick Up Girls , in order to explore the cultural forces that have shaped how white men experienced and publicly expressed their desire for women, (206 words) - [Episode 4: Mixed Blessings](/content/sexinghistory/2017/11/13/episode-4-mixed-blessings/index.html) (55 words) - [Love and Labor](/content/sexinghistory/2019/11/21/season-2-bonus-episode-2-marabel-morgan-g69ap/index.html): The story of African American midwifery is part of a larger history of Black women’s struggles to protect their own lives, as well as the lives of other Black women and their children. This episode explores the long history of African American midwives, doulas, and birth attendants who have labored , (183 words) - [Season 2, Bonus Episode 2: Marabel Morgan](/content/sexinghistory/2019/11/21/season-2-bonus-episode-2-marabel-morgan/index.html): Welcome to a bonus track from Sexing History. This track features an extended version of Gillian Frank’s interview with Marabel Morgan from our episode “Touch Me, I’m Yours.” That episode explores how Evangelical women responded to and contributed to the sexualization of American culture in the 1970, (256 words) - [Season 2 Episode 3: Sherri — Sexing History](/content/sexinghistory/2019/2/24/season-2-episode-3-sherri/index.html): In August of 1962, Sherri Chessen boarded a flight to Sweden in order to get an abortion after she was unable to obtain one in the United States. Sherri had accidentally taken medicine containing thalidomide, a drug that caused children to be born with internal injuries and shortened limbs. Thalidom, (237 words) - [Come All Ye Faithful](/content/sexinghistory/2019/11/21/season-2-bonus-episode-2-marabel-morgan-g69ap-fsmml-dx8my-5cczc.html): In this episode, we’ll be taking a cue from Santa Claus and sketching a naughty and nice history of festive sexual expressions. So, grab your eggnog, curl up by the fire and join us as we explore the ghosts of Christmas nights past. Hosts and Creators: Gillian Frank and Lauren Gutterman Senior Pro, (127 words) - [Episode 2: Abortion on Trial](/content/sexinghistory/tag/history/index.html) (50 words) - [Episode 2: Abortion on Trial](/content/sexinghistory/tag/kenneth-edelin/index.html) (50 words) - [The Stained Glass Closet](/content/sexinghistory/2019/11/21/season-2-bonus-episode-2-marabel-morgan-g69ap-fsmml-dx8my.html): How do you come out in a religious community that loves you conditionally? What do you tell yourself about your faith and your desires when your Church views your sexuality as disordered? In this episode of Sexing History , we focus on the experiences of three gay men who were priests or seminarian, (193 words) - [Episode 2: Abortion on Trial](/content/sexinghistory/2017/10/3/episode-2-abortion-on-trial/index.html): In 1975, two years after Roe v Wade , an all white and mostly Catholic jury convicted Dr. Kenneth Edelin, an African American physician, of manslaughter for performing a legal second trimester abortion.  His trial transformed the anti-abortion movement. https://www.sexinghistory.com/episo, (50 words) - [Let's Dance!](/content/sexinghistory/2019/6/24/season-2-episode-4-canary-2be6z/index.html): In the 1960s and 1970s, a belly dancing craze swept the United States. Audiences could enjoy live belly dancing performances in Middle Eastern restaurants and clubs. Viewers could watch belly dancers in hit movies and on popular television shows. At first glance, the history of belly dancing appears, (191 words) - [Episode 2: Abortion on Trial](/content/sexinghistory/tag/abortion/index.html) (50 words) - [Episode 2: Abortion on Trial](/content/sexinghistory/tag/reproductive-rights/index.html) (50 words) - [Sexing History](/content/sexinghistory/2017/7/26/sexing-history-is-coming-september-2017/index.html) (9 words) - [Episode 3: I Must Increase My Bust](/content/sexinghistory/2017/10/23/episode-3-i-must-increase-my-bust/index.html) (50 words) - [Episode 2: Abortion on Trial](/content/sexinghistory/tag/sexing-history/index.html) (50 words) - [Articles — Sexing History](/content/articles-1/index.html) (4 words) - [A Church With AIDS](/content/sexinghistory/2018/3/12/episode-7-a-church-with-aids/index.html): In the 1980s and 1990s, the San Francisco Metropolitan Community Church wrestled with profound questions: What does it mean to minister a gay church when so many in the congregation are dying from AIDS-related complications and grieving the recently dead? How do you have faith during an epidemic? An, (75 words) - [Episode 1: Prom Night](/content/sexinghistory/2017/9/14/episode-1-prom-night/index.html) (13 words) - [Episode 5: Touch Me, I'm Yours](/content/sexinghistory/2017/12/11/episode-5-touch-me-im-yours/index.html) (55 words) - [Topless Roanoke](/content/sexinghistory/2019/11/21/season-2-bonus-episode-2-marabel-morgan-g69ap-fsmml-dx8my-5cczc-epgnt-z2jcj.html): In the 1960s, Papa Joe’s in Roanoke, Virginia, became the very first club in the state and among the earliest in the nation to feature topless dancing. While some heralded Papa Joe’s owner, George Christofis, as a sexual revolutionary, many religious leaders and local residents condemned him. 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