Revolution in the Sheets: The Sexual Politics of Tolerance in Mexico

[ID: The cover of Revolution in the Sheets: The Sexual Politics of Tolerance in Mexico by Robert Franco. In the center of the cover is an illustration of several tightly packed people interacting inside of an arch. In the bottom left of the…

Stone Walls of Idaho: Queer Inmates of the Idaho State Penitentiary, 1872–1973, by Micah Hetherington

An exhibit on the criminalization and medicalization of same-sex attraction and gender diversity through nine inmate stories from the Idaho State Penitentiary in Boise, Idaho. Published originally on OutHistory in May 2026.

Stone Walls of Idaho research project complete text PDF

Idaho State Capitol lit with rainbow lights to celebrate Pride, 2017. Photograph by Micah Hetherington

Laundry Crew Sign, 2025.001.0139, Courtesy of the Idaho State Museum

Alvin Walters intake photograph, AR42 Inmate 8539, Idaho State Archives

Letter from niece Jessie Moore to Ross Draper, March 27, 1935, AR42 Inmate 4960, Idaho State Archives

Ross Draper intake photograph, AR42 Inmate 4960, Idaho State Archives

Gaylord Deavila intake photograph, AR42 Inmate 8319, Idaho State Archives

William Buffalo intake photograph, AR42 Inmate 8317, Idaho State Archives

Utility Building at State Hospital South, built 1951 and housed patient dining rooms, an auditorium, and kitchens. Photograph by Micah Hetherington, 2025

Jerry Edward Carlson intake photograph, AR42 Inmate 12194, Idaho State Archives

Virginia Lorene Pugmire intake photograph, AR42 Inmate 9216, Idaho State Archives

Wall City Bulletin, Volume 1, Issue 4, April 15, 1939, page 28, Idaho State Archives

Cellhouse One, P1979-5-159a, Idaho State Archives

Gordon Robert Larsen intake photograph, AR42 Inmate 10452, Idaho State Archives

Eleanor “Archie” Archuleta intake photograph, AR42 Inmate 10300, Idaho State Archives

Antimacassar, 2022.014.0000, Courtesy of the Idaho State Museum

Emil Rickert 1959 intake photo, AR42 Inmate 10167, Idaho State Archives

Emil Rickert circa 1940s. Courtesy of Tim Lowry