Stories
- Article
The indelible harm caused by conversion therapy
With first-hand evidence from two powerful testimonies, neurologist Jules Montague explores the destructive history of conversion therapy, a punitive treatment designed to ‘cure’ people of homosexuality.
- Book extract
The 200-year search for normal people
Sarah Chaney poses the question we’ve likely all asked at some point in our lives: 'Am I normal?’, and explores whether normality even exists.
- Article
Sex in graphic novels
Sex and sexuality have long been explored in the history of the graphic novel.
- Article
The shocking ‘treatment’ to make lesbians straight
Being a lesbian has never been a crime in the UK, but 50 years ago, some psychologists experimented with treatments to try to ‘cure’ women of their orientation. Find out what this involved.
Catalogue
- Videos
Fighting for life.
Date: 1993- Videos
The end of the beginning.
Date: 1993- Books
Queering Wellcome Collection : queer history in the Wellcome Collection archives.
Frewin, RowanDate: [2023]- Archives and manuscripts
'Would You Mind?' installation in The Institute of Sexology exhibition, Wellcome Collection
Bartlett, Neil, 1958-Date: 2015Reference: WT/NVB