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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![And Castro for All [newsletter] September 2004; IsBadlandsBad to Natali: Times Up!](/pictures/thumb/235823.jpg?v=1553740438)
And Castro for All [newsletter] September 2004; IsBadlandsBad to Natali: Times Up!
San Francisco: And Castro for All Foundation, 2004. Single 8.5x11 inch sheet printed both sides, newsletter with articles and events, list of members and donors, very good. The Foundation was formed to create a greater diversity in the district beyond gay men and seeking to include women, transpeople & people..... More
Cat.No: 235823
Announcing the 2000 & 2001 Felipa Award; nomination form
San Francisco: IGLHRC [International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission], 1999. 6p. + 4p. form boun-in, 5.5x8.5 inches, texts in three languages, English, Spanish and French, very good booklet in stapled wraps. Includes a description of the organization, the purpose of the award and the guidelines as well as the..... More
Cat.No: 237939
Annual contest of the Lesbian and Adelphian Honor Literary Societies, Brodbeck Hall, Hood College, April 9, 1921 at 8:00 P. M. [leaflet/program]
Frederick MD: Hood College, 1921. Single 6x9 inch leaflet/program, lists the events and participants, fold crease and small chip from right margin otherwise good. Includes participation of Margaret Shipley, Eleanor Wood, Adelyn Miller, Frances Carson et al. More
Cat.No: 209345
![Annual Los Angeles International Gay & Lesbian Film & Video Festival [aka Outfest] [Seven schedules](/pictures/thumb/234257.jpg?v=1587618714)
Annual Los Angeles International Gay & Lesbian Film & Video Festival [aka Outfest] [Seven schedules]
Los Angeles: Gay and Lesbian Media Coalition et al, 1988-2000. Newspaper. Five film schedule broadsheets folded to 8.5x11 inches and two pastebound magazine-style schedules, photos, descriptions, stills, very good on newsprint. Included are the 6th, 8th, 9th,10th, 14th, 17th & 18th schedules, 1988, 1990-1992, 1996, 1999 & 2000. More
Cat.No: 234257
Archives Bulletin #5-A, June 1987
Hollywood: IGLA, 1987. 6p., 7.5x10 inches, very good simple interim newsletter of 3 sheets stapled upper-left corner. The IGLA Bulletin interim issue. Includes a report on the death of June Mazer, the recent publication by the Archives of a Book of Obits, a call for more space, the March on..... More
Cat.No: 237467
Are You Being Discriminated Against Because of Your Sexual Orientation? [brochure]
New York: The Lesbian & Gay Discrimination Documentation Project of the New York City Commission on Human Rights, [1985]. Eight-panel brochure folded to 3.5x8.5 inches, very good on peach stock. Includes extensive information on discrimation by employers and on the Project with community contacts including S.A.G.E. & B.W.M.T. More
Cat.No: 237940
![Artie Bressan's stirring film: Gay USA: the Politics of Celebration [handbill] Tenth Anniversary...](/pictures/thumb/243904.jpg?v=1571281502)
Artie Bressan's stirring film: Gay USA: the Politics of Celebration [handbill] Tenth Anniversary of its triumphant premiere, a film tribute to Arthur J. Bressan, Jr. 1943-1987
San Francisco: Castro Theatre, 1987. Single 8.5x11 inch handbill printed both sides very good on pink stock. Front side displays protesting gays holding aloft pickets with images of Hitler, Anita Bryant and a burning Cross. On verso are pull-quotes from reviews and a bio of Bressan. More
Cat.No: 243904
Ask Us Anything [brochure]
Boston: The Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Speakers Bureau, [1980s?]. Six-panel brochure folded to 3.5x8.5 inches, very good on heavy stock. The organization formed in 1972 and trained speakers to answer questions at schools, workplaces and in workshops. No mention of AIDS nor any mention of technology so likely late 1970s..... More
Cat.No: 237943
Astraea: Lesbian Foundation for Justice: funding change and strengthening communities around the world; 2003-04 US & International grants overview
New York: Astraea, 2004. 8.5x11 inch folder containing two sheet letter and 8p. newsletter, very good. Letter is dated Fall 2004. The newsletter is the Spring 2004 Bulletin announcing the organization's new website and other info.The folder contains lists of panel grants and programs. More
Cat.No: 237663
At the Center [three calendars]
San Francisco: SF Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center, 2002. Newspaper. Three event calendars on folded newsprint, color photos, wall calendar, news, services, resources and tenants, very good. Informational calendars in tabloid newspaper format for June, July and December at the Charles M. Holmes Campus at The Center, SF. More
Cat.No: 242276
At the Center: a monthly look at your community center vol. 1, #3, April 1991; Sacramento celebrates the Lavender Sweep
Sacramento: Lambda Center, 1991. [4p] includes covers, 8.5x11 inches, yellow handbill laid-in, news, reports, events, calendar, services and resources, very good newsletter. More
Cat.No: 237328
At the Village at Ed Gould Plaza: L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center [3 issues]
Los Angeles: L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center, 2000-2001. Magazine. Three issues, various pagination, 8.5x11 inches, event schedule, workshops, services and resources, photos, ads, very good newsletter in stapled gray pictorial wraps. Events and workshops at The Village, LA's LGBTQ Center. Issues include May 2000, October and November 2001. Events include..... More
Cat.No: 234307
Awake! vol. 57, #11, June 8, 1976; A Look at the "Gay" World - is it really gay?
Brooklyn: Watchtower, 1976. Magazine. 32p. includes covers 7x9 inches, uncredited articles, prayers, sermons, illustrations, very good newsletter in stapled wraps on newsprint. More
Cat.No: 249151
Aware: Life OUTside: the radio newsmagazine for the LGBT community media kit
Chicago: Aware & Life OUTside, [2002]. Media publicity kit in glossy blue folder with label affixed front cover, contains a CD of The Best of Life OUTside recordings, nine press releases on station stationery, from one to several stapled pages, a 5x7 inch color photo of the radio personalities, and..... More
Cat.No: 204173
Back Drop Club Information and Party Brochure May 1989 to December 1989
Sunnvale, CA: Back Drop Club, 1989. [16p] 8.5x11 inches, Club history and information, event and party calendar, application forms, membership rules and dues, very good in unbound nested sheets. House organ for the California BDSM club originally called The Menlo Park Scool of Bondage. More
Cat.No: 218854
Bay Area Physicians for Human Rights membership information [brochure]
San Francisco: BAPHR, [1970s?]. Six panel folded brochure, 3.75x8.5 inches, bullet -pointsinformations, application form, blue stock, also a folded 8.5x14 inch sex-act and health questionnaire laid-in with explicit lists of sex acts and diseases. More
Cat.No: 224328
Bay Area Residents: expecting guests? Not enough time to spend them? Give them a key...and a VIP! [leaflet]
San Francisco: David Information Network, 1985. Single 5.5x8.5 inch leaflet printed one-side only on blue stock, cartoon by Robert of Dorothy, Toto and a tornado taking away her house at 18th and Castro, very good. "Just Visiting? Our Community would like to welcome you!" Dorothy says: "Toto...I don't think we're..... More
Cat.No: 240828
Baylands Family Circle: under the Billy DeFrank Community Center umbrella of non-profit groups; October & November/December 1996 [2 issues]
San Jose: Baylands/Billy DeFrank, 1996. Two issues, 8p. & 12p., 8.5x11 inches, news, articles, services and resources, events, very good newsletters on pink and gray stocks. More
Cat.No: 236113
Bending the Mold: an action kit for transgender youth
New York & DC: Lambda Legal & NYAC/The National Youth Advocacy Coalition, [2000s]. 28p. includes covers, 6x9 inches, introduction, information on actions to take, dictionary, resources, photos, very good booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. Includes information on intersex youth. More
Cat.No: 241675
A Benefit for the National Lesbian Conference April 27, 1991, Atlanta, Georgia [program]
Atlanta: Rhythm Fest, 1991. [12p] includes covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, crew, program, artist bios, ads, very good program booklet in gray printed wraps. More
Cat.No: 236961
The Bent Guide to Gay/ Lesbian Canada: 1994
Toronto: Bent Books / ECW Press, 1994. Paperback. 171p., listings, maps, services and resources, very good paperback in wraps. More
Cat.No: 168132
Berkeley Public Library's Annual Lesbian & Gay Author Reading: a unique and comfortable opportunity for cross-cultural dialog between the gay and straight communities [handbill] Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Darieck Scott & Canyon Sam
Berkeley: Friends of the Library, no date. Single 11x8.5 inch handbill in landscape format on lavender stock with photos of the three authors and event information, lightly-stained otherwise good. More
Cat.No: 229999
Berlin & Beyond #13: new films from Germany, Austria & Switzerland January 10-16 at The Castro
San Francisco: Goethe-Institut, 2008. Magazine. [32p] 8x10.5 inches, filmographies, bios, schedules, stills, ads, very good program for the festival in stapled white pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 234258
Beth Chayim Chadashim newsletter: two issues, vol. iv, number 12, June 1977 and vol. v, number 3, September 1977
Los Angeles: Beth Chayim Chadashim, 1977. 16p & 20p., 5.5x8.5 inches, folded color sheets, very good newsletters. LGBT congregations. More
Cat.No: 184265
![Bi Friendly San Francisco [handbill/newsletter] #14, August 1989](/pictures/thumb/237053.jpg?v=1556159887)
Bi Friendly San Francisco [handbill/newsletter] #14, August 1989
Sn f: Bi Friendly San Francisco, 1989. Single 8.5x14 inch sheet printed one side with colloge of handwritten text and images (photocopied) horizontal fold creases, corner creased otherwise good on white stock. Events for August 1989 included Bis and BATS (Bay Area Theatre Sports) Bi Hootenanny in Berkeley, Mexicali Potluck..... More
Cat.No: 237053
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