John-Pierre Joyce

Hoes before Bros

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

Homophobia in Russia

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

The Road to Equality

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

Roads Less Taken

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

'Curing' Homosexuality

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.