Love, Sex & Relationships
Find out how Londoners’ sex and relationships have changed over the centuries with our related objects, stories and blogs.
Blogs-And-Stories
From our experts
From our experts
Valentine's love tokens: From bent coins to whale’s tooth
Discover the romantic history behind love tokens like bent coins, lovespoons and whale’s teeth
Fashion & Style
Fashion & Style
Pointy shoes & sexuality in medieval London
How some extremely elongated footwear caused controversy in the capital
Love, Sex & Relationships
Love, Sex & Relationships
How London Pride began
And the campaign for LGBTQ+ rights gained momentum in the 1970s
Love, Sex & Relationships
Love, Sex & Relationships
Quirky Victorian Valentine’s Day cards
A stuffed canary on a card? A lobster in love? The Victorians had curious ways of showing romance
From our experts
From our experts
Molly houses & queer subculture in Georgian London
These 18th-century queer bars can be seen as a precursor to modern LGBTQ+ social life in London
Rights & Activism
Rights & Activism
Ethel Smyth: Composer & Suffragette
Through love, music and activism, Smyth pushed back at the limits society placed on her
Love, Sex & Relationships
Love, Sex & Relationships
The toilet photos that saved gay men on trial
Fighting the prosecution of gay encounters in the 1980s and 1990s
