Postcards, Gender, Sexuality, History: A Public Forum

This entry, an off-shoot of the OutHistory.org postcards exhibit, is created to foster public discussion on the subject of the history of postcards as it refers to changing ideas and judgments about gender and sexuality.

OutHistory.org is also interested in comments on race, class, and other subjects, as such themes are reflected in the postcards focusing on gender and sexuality. If you have additional postcard images to share with us, OutHistory.org would be grateful and you may upload low resolution scans yourself.

The public is invited to add their comments on this page. We think that the insights that emerge will deepen our understanding of how postcards reflect changes in the popular culture of the United States.

We encourage you to leave an identifying name after your comment so that it's possible to distinguish comments by the same person. We hope that this page will foster communication between people who know about the history of postcards, and who will share their knowledge with everyone. Thanks: Jonathan Ned Katz, Director, OutHistory.org. Contact: jnk123@mac.com