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Southern California Women for Understanding
Lesbian Studies
This section includes literature by lesbian authors, as well as nonfiction works on related subjects, and the ephemera of lesbian political and social organizations. Many items that are relevant to the broader LGBTQ+ movement will also be found listed in the Gay studies section.
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Edge magazine (aka L.A. Edge) vol. 1, #19, Feb. 8-22, 1984
Los Angeles: Edge Publishing, 1984. Magazine. 32p. including covers, 10.5x13.5 inches, illustrations, ads, articles interviews, reviews, listings, essays, toning and wear otherwise very good magazine/tabloid on newsprint. The L.A. Edge was a bi-weekly entertainment and social issues magazine based in L.A. through the Eighties, Nineties and early 2000s. Around issue..... More
Cat.No: 183838
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El Rancho de Dolor y Placer: "The Ranch of Pain and Pleasure" [brochure] a BDSM & D/s retreat and training facility in the Wine Country of Northern California
no place: El Rancho, no date. Six-panel brochure folded to 3.5x8.5 inches illustrated with BDSM drawings and small color photos, web page and email info, very good. No address or date, possibly 1990s but likely post 2000. More
Cat.No: 236973
Ellen: season IV, episode 1 [playbill]
N. pl. ABC, 1997. 4p., 5.5x8.5 inches, brochure/playbill for the first episode of season four, cast photo, short bios, trivia quiz, etc., very good on blue pictorial stock. More
Cat.No: 144226
Enough is Enough! Gay People (men & women) Take Action Against Anti-Gay Violence!!! help keep our neighborhoods safe by joining The Gay Guards [handbill] Lightning Bolt Martial Arts Center
San Francisco: The Gay Guards, [1988]. Single 8.5x11 inch handbill printed one side only on white stock decorated with lightning bolts. More
Cat.No: 240372
The Eulenspiegel Society Newsletter: April/May/June 1993
New York: Eulenspiegel Society, 1993. Magazine. 52p., includes covers, 8.5x11 inches, Society calendar, articles, fiction, erotic drawings and photos, reports, services and resources, very good fetish newsletter in stapled white pictorial wraps. BDSM Society newsletter. More
Cat.No: 225679
Even Femmes Go Down - Morgan Gwenwald / On Our Backs [poster]
San Francisco: Blush Productions, 1985. 17x22 inch poster, very good, featuring photo by Gwenwald. "On Our Backs" was the iconic magazine offering "entertainment for the adventurous lesbian." More
Cat.No: 243648
Everywoman vol. 2, no. 10 (issue 21) July 9, 1971 [aka Everywoman is our sister]
Venice, CA: Everywoman, 1971. Newspaper. 16p., folded tabloid newspaper, photos, ads, services, calendar, columns, essays, poetry, moderately worn and toned newsprint. More
Cat.No: 192578
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Everywoman [aka Everywoman is our sister] vol. 2, #15 (issue 26) October 26, 1971
Venice, CA: Everywoman, 1971. Newspaper. 20p., folded tabloid newspaper, photos, ads, services, calendar, columns, essays, poetry, moderately worn and toned newsprint, stamped with The Advocate Received and address stamps. More
Cat.No: 192579
Everywoman: everywoman is our sister vol. 1, #10 November 13, 1970
Los Angeles: Everywoman, 1970. Newspaper. 20p., folded tabloid newspaper, photos, ads, services, resources, calendar, columns, essays, poetry,very good on newsprint. More
Cat.No: 235886
Everywoman: everywoman is our sister vol. 1, #14 February 5, 1971
Venice, CA: Everywoman, 1971. Newspaper. 20p., folded tabloid newspaper, photos, ads, services, resources, calendar, columns, essays, poetry,very good on newsprint. Karen Lindsey on Science Fiction from a feminist perspective. More
Cat.No: 218047
Everywoman: everywoman is our sister vol. 1, #9 October 23, 1970
Los Angeles: Everywoman, 1970. Newspaper. 20p., folded tabloid newspaper, photos, ads, services, resources, calendar, columns, essays, poetry,very good on newsprint. More
Cat.No: 203002
Expanding Opportunities: a grantmaker's guide to workplace policies for lesbian, gay and bisexual staff
New York: The Working Group on Funding Lesbian and Gay Issues, 1999. [iii] 52p., 7.5x11 inches, introduction, endnotes, appendices, very good booklet in stapled yellow and blue wraps. More
Cat.No: 232920
The Extension Program at the Women's Building; October 16-December 10, 1977
Los Angeles: The Women's Community, Inc., 1977. Schedule of classes to be held at the Women's Building in Los Angles, single sheet folded to 8.75 x 5.75 inches, lightly worn, postage stamp and address written in pen on front, else very good condition. The Women's Building was open from 1973..... More
Cat.No: 247395
Fabulas: the journal of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society; Summer 2008
San Francisco: GLBTHS, 2008. Magazine. 21p., 7x8.5 inches, photos, art, essays, news, very good combined newsletter/journal/exhibit program in stapled pictorial white wraps. Inaugural issue. More
Cat.No: 206269
Fabulas: the journal of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society; Winter 2008
San Francisco: GLBTHS, 2008. Magazine. 21p., 7x8.5 inches, photos, art, essays, news, very good combined newsletter/journal/exhibit program in stapled pictorial white wraps. More
Cat.No: 203479
Families: the 1993-94 Annual Report, Gay and Lesbian Parents Coalition International
Washington DC: GLPCI, 1995. [8p] 8.5x11 inches, finances, events, members etc., very good on blue stock. More
Cat.No: 244232
FEM: LA's Feminist NewsMagazine; Spring 2001
Los Angeles: FEM/UCLA Communications Board, 2001. Newspaper. 20p. folded tabloid newspaper, articles, essays, ads, services and resources, poetry, photos and illustrations, very good. More
Cat.No: 215492
Feminary: a feminist journal for the South; volume 10, number 3
Durham and Chapel Hill, NC: Feminary Collective, 1980. Magazine. 88p., 6x8.5 inches, illustrations, poems, stapled pictorial wraps, very good. Feminary began as Female Liberation Newsletter in 1969 and grew into a lesbian feminist quarterly in the 1970s. More
Cat.No: 170860
Ferrari Guides Gay Travel A to Z: 20th edition
Phoenix: Ferrari International Pub. 2001. Paperback. 461p., very good travel guide with reviews, ratings, address, illustrations, trade paperback in pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 218505
Fight Lesbian and Gay Oppression [handbill]
Oakland; San Francisco: Revolutionary Workers League; Socialist League (Democratic-Centralist), 1981. 8.5x11 inch handbill printed both sides, bottom edge toned with minor wear. Distributed at Lesbian/Gay Freedom Day by the Trotskyist groups. More
Cat.No: 179035
Film Series: Stories Untold; Gays and lesbians during the holocaust
Washington DC: United States Holocaust Museum, 1994. [8p] includes covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, introduction, descriptions of the films with scheduled showings, several small b&w stills, very good playbill/program in unbound sheets. More
Cat.No: 242570
The First National Conference on Lesbians & Gay Aging [handbill]
Carson, CA: National Assoc. of Lesbian and Gay Gerontologists, California State University Dominguez Hills, 1981. Single 8.5x11 inch handbill printed one side purple text and drawing on white stock. Slide shows and audio presentations, special exhibits provided by the San Francisco Gay History Project, Jim Kepner and the National Gay..... More
Cat.No: 237707
The First National Lesbian & Gay Labor Conference at Stonewall 25 June 24, 1994, New York City [handbill]
New York: The Conference, 1994. Single 8.5x11 inch handbill printed one side on lavender stock that has asome sunning atupper-right corner otherwise good. "The time has come for lesbian and gay workers to be treated equally in the workplace and within our Union families." More
Cat.No: 237100
Five Children a Day undergo genital cosmetic surgery in the United States without their consent and with devastating consequences simply because their anatomy doesn't measure up [brochure]
Seattle: Intersex Society of North America, [2000s]. Six-panel brochure folded to 3.5x8.5 inches, very good. Information on hermaphrodism and intersex children, "corrective surgery" and activism in support of intersex children. More
Cat.No: 241672
FLAG: Federal Lesbians and Gays February Meeting [handbill]
San Francisco: FLAG, 1988. Single 8.5x11 inch handbill printed one side only on pink stock, fold creasing and lightly worn, flag and police officer images. The meeting was Feb. 10, 1988 at 6pm at Raffles with guest speakers from Gay/Lesbian Peace officers & Golden State Peace Officers Association. More
Cat.No: 241806
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