From the hotspots of commercial sex through to the suburbia of twitching curtains, urban life
and sexualities appear inseparable. Cities are the source of our most familiar images of …

Both the act and the commission of the act of sex have been transformed by technology. This
has in turn led to emerging research that seeks to consider online research methods and …

This article employs the film Skoonheid (Beauty) to explore the manner in which normative,
white Afrikaner masculinity still operates to expel gayness from its self-definition. What is …

This article analyses a widely publicised case in England, where a trans woman was
remanded to a women's prison and subsequently sexually assaulted other women …

Striptease venues have been the subject of considerable public debate following the
emergence of highly visible 'lap dancing'clubs in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Accused of …

Chronic illness research involving lesbian and gay people typically focuses on HIV/AIDS,
cancer, and mental health. The authors extend the evidence with a two-phase mixed …

COVID-19 has transformed the way we live our lives, and sex has been a significant element
of that transformation. Gay male sex in the UK has faced the most significant (re) …

Public sex has been the focus of a number of academic texts in recent years, but while some
comment more generally on how the media have presented specific forms of public sexual …

Dogging–the practice of mixed-gender cruising in public spaces in or around motor vehicles–
reflects a modern evolution of the historic 'lovers' lane', together with a recontextualization of …

The policing of homosexuality in Singapore through legislation and public policy are imbued
with colonial legacies that have enshrined heteronormative values within its public sphere …