Let's Talk About Sex... History! (Receipts #5) (Patreon)

In this week's episode of Let's Talk About Sex History, we discussed Ignorance, Stigma, and STDs. 

Books

A few of these books will be repeatedly referenced during the course of this webseries!

Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America (John D'Emilio + Estelle B. Freedman)

Documenting Intimate Matters (Thomas A. Foster)

Beyond The Down Low: Sex, Lies, and Denial in Black America (Keith Boykin)

Twentieth Century Sexuality: A History (Angus McLaren)

Scholarly Articles & Studies

Some of these are available for free, and are linked. The rest can be found on JSTOR.

When Gay Was Not Okay With the APA (Sarah Baughey-Gill)

Sodomy and Other "Crimes Against Nature"

HIV Infection Among Young Black Men Who Have Sex With Men-- Jackson, Mississippi, 2006-2008 (Centers For Disease Control)

The Syphilis Epidemic and Its Relation to AIDS (Allan M. Brandt)

Sin vs Science: Venereal Disease in Baltimore in the Twentieth Century (Elizabeth Fee)

In Defense of the Nation: Syphilis, North Carolina's "Girl Problem" and World War I (Karin L. Zipf)

Mainstream Articles

Race, Homosexuality, and the AIDS Epidemic (Dan Royles)

HIV in America: The Complicated Truth (Emily Bass)

America's Hidden HIV Epidemic (Linda Villarosa) 

Shift in Money and Message as Minorities Take on AIDS (Jennifer Steinhauer)

Gay and Minority Groups Compete for AIDS Money (James Barron)

The Confusing and At-Times Counterproductive 1980s Response to the AIDS Epidemic (Natasha Geiling)

Ideas & Trends; Healthy Skepticism and The Marketing of AIDS (Jayson Blair)

Related:

1980s News Clips on Gay Rights 

EXHIBITION: Affection is Our Best Protection