🌈 Dr Ross Brooks

@rossb_oxford
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Historian πŸ“š. Associate Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University πŸŽ“. Queer history of science and medicine 🐧. Oxford's LGBTQ+ history (https://queeroxford.info/) πŸ›οΈ. Awarded my doctorate in 2021 πŸ₯³. I'm currently transforming my thesis into a book ⌨️. Now living on the South Coast (close to Brighton) β›΅. Interested in LGBTQ+ history and issues, especially sciencey stuff πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ .
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Darwin's Closet: The Queer Sides of the Descent of Man (1871)https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/191/2/323/6075648
Bounds of Diversity: Queer Zoology in Europe from Aristotle to John Hunterhttps://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/195/1/1/6568055
Mendel's Closet: Genetics, Eugenics and the Exceptions of Sex in Edwardian Britainhttps://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsnr.2023.0036

I'm thoroughly enjoying 50 LGBTQ+ Finds from the Portable Antiquities Scheme by Ben Paites, especially the botanical and zoological content. πŸ¦’πŸŒΈπŸ¦†

Makes for a great present . . . πŸŽ…(sorry!)

https://www.amberley-books.com/50-lgbtq-finds.html

#history #histodons @histodons #QueerInSTEM #queer #lgbtq #lgbtqia #pride #pridemonth #queerhistory #histsex #sex #nature #naturalhistory #animals #books

NYC: Central Park's Arsenal Gallery hosts Queer in Nature, a group show #pride #sciart weekdays through August 21 www.nycgovparks.org/parks/centra...

WOW! My 2021 article 'Darwin's Closet: The Queer Sides of The Descent of Man (1871),' published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, has now been viewed over 50K times!

I'm working hard on the book. For more about that, watch this space! πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ’

https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/191/2/323/6075648

#history #histodons @histodons #histsci #histbio #HistSTM #HSTM #STS @histstm #QueerInSTEM #queer #lgbtq #lgbtqia #pride #pridemonth #queerhistory #histsex #sex #biology #nature #naturalhistory #science #animals #Darwin

🀩 Published in the UK today, The Sexual Evolution: How 500 Million Years of Sex, Gender, and Mating Shape Modern Relationships, by Nathan H. Lents.

It looks amazing . . . πŸŒˆπŸ“šπŸ΅

https://canongate.co.uk/books/5125-the-sexual-evolution-how-500-million-years-of-sex-gender-and-mating-shape-modern-relationships/

#science #nature #evolution #queer #LGBTQ #pride #PrideInSTEM #books

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The Nature of Things: Animal Pride, presented by Connel Bradwell. Watch on CBC Gem from tomorrow (May 29). I will rely on my Canadian followers to tell me all about it!

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https://animalpride.ca/ (with super toolkit)

https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/knowing-nature-for-what-it-is-with-connel-bradwell/

#queer #LGBTQ #nature #animals #science #naturalhistory #pride #PrideInSTEM #tv

Published in the US today (UK in July) - looks amazing! 🀩

Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian

https://www.spiegelandgrau.com/forest-euphoria

#queer #LGBTQ #pride #nature #PrideInSTEM #animals #naturalhistory #books πŸŒˆπŸ“š

Great piece on Vince Aletti's stunning new book 'Physique' πŸ“·πŸ’ͺ

Phallic symbols, bare buttocks and warrior poses: how physique magazines grew a cult gay following

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/may/19/physique-vince-aletti-magazines-cult-gay-following-bare-buttocks-phallic

#LGBTQ #queer #pride #queerhistory #photography #nude #nudes

Phallic symbols, bare buttocks and warrior poses: how physique magazines grew a cult gay following

Masquerading as health and fitness publications, these journals contained photographs of finely muscled, nearly naked men that were beautifully lit and classically posed. Now a gorgeous new book is celebrating these β€˜museum-worthy’ images

The Guardian

It's #WorldBeeDay! πŸπŸ’›πŸ―πŸ–€

This gorgeous gynandromorph potter flower bee is described in a 1845 article in The Zoologist by English entomologist Frederick Smith. It's pictured from above (left) and below (right).

#HistSTM #HSTM #histsci #histbio #STS @histstm #histsex #history #histodons @histodons #sex #queer #queerhistory #lgbtq #animals #bees #science #naturalhistory

This looks amazing! 🀩

'Somewhere between a variety show and a biology essay come alive, Natural Behaviour is a queer look at what it means to be natural or unnatural, highlighting the essential role of diversity in all life.' 🌈 🦒 πŸ’ƒ

Battersea Arts Centre (London), 3-7 June
https://bac.org.uk/whats-on/natural-behaviour/

Lowry (Manchester), 10-11 June
https://thelowry.com/whats-on/339//thick-tight-natural-behaviour

#queer #lgbt #lgbtqia #dance #theatre

Natural Behaviour | Battersea Arts Centre

Battersea Arts Centre
BBC Who Knew Slugs Could Be So Romantic

YouTube