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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![Bay Area Physicians for Human Rights membership information [brochure]](/pictures/thumb/224328.jpg?v=1524713034)
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 Regional Rodeo programs 1993-1995 [three programs]](/pictures/thumb/218912.jpg?v=1507781400)
Bay Area Regional Rodeo programs 1993-1995 [three programs]
San Francisco: Golden State Gay Rodeo Association, Bay Area Chapter, 1993-1995. Magazine. Three issues of the program, various pagination, 8.5x11 inches, program, event calendar, photos, ads, resources, very good souvenir magazines in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 218912
![Being Alive: People with HIV/AIDS Action Coalition newsletter July 1988, June 1995, June and July 1997 [four issues]](/pictures/thumb/221417.jpg?v=1552162903)
Being Alive: People with HIV/AIDS Action Coalition newsletter July 1988, June 1995, June and July 1997 [four issues]
Los Angeles: People with HIV/AIDS Action Coalition, 1988 & 1997. Four issue broken run, 8p., 20p. & 20p., 8.5x11 inches, articles, news, event calendars, services and resources, very good. More
Cat.No: 221417
![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](/pictures/thumb/229999.jpg?v=1539227223)
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
Beyond baroque 802; vol. 11, no. 2, spring 1980: gay and Lesbian Theme issue
Venice, CA: Beyond Baroque Foundation, 1980. Magazine. 64p., 8.5x11 inches, illustrations, poetry, very good newsprint poetry magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Gay and lesbian theme issue, primarily poetry (Ellen Marie Bissert, Robert Peters, Clifton Snider and many others). More
Cat.No: 156471
BH&A: Bill Hartman & Associates; Summer Update 1983 additions, deletions & changes to "1983 Guide to Gay & Lesbian Media Outkets in Northern California"
San Francisco: BH&A, 1983. 8p., 8.5x11 inches, fold creases otherwise good news release of nested folded sheets. Lists institutions, newsletters, newspapers and magazines, individual contacts etc. Breakdowns of the media outlets'needs, requirements, focus, addresses and contact numbers. Alice Reports, Off Our Backs, SF Vector etc. More
Cat.No: 220719
![Bisexuality [brochure]](/pictures/thumb/215557.jpg?v=1496288981)
Bisexuality [brochure]
San Jose & Boston: South bay Bisexual Organizers and Activists (SOBOA) & Bisexual Resource Center, Boston, [1990s?]. Six-panel folded brochure, 3.75x8.5 inches, information on bisexuality, politics, and AIDS, very good on bright yellow stock. More
Cat.No: 215557
![BiWomen: the newsletter of the Boston Bisexual Women's Network [5 issue broken run]](/pictures/thumb/222242.jpg?v=1518138607)
BiWomen: the newsletter of the Boston Bisexual Women's Network [5 issue broken run]
Boston: Boston Bisexual Women's Network, 1995-1996. Magazine. Five issue broken run, various pagination, 8.5x11 inches, news, opinion, illustrations, services and resources, events, reviews, calendar, very good newsletters in stapled white wraps. Issues include: 13:2,4 &5, 14:1 & 3. More
Cat.No: 222242
![Black Lesbian Newsletter; [5 issue run - later title Onyx ] #2, August 1982 - #6, December 1982](/pictures/thumb/51572.jpg?v=1512698901)
Black Lesbian Newsletter; [5 issue run - later title Onyx ] #2, August 1982 - #6, December 1982
San Francisco: Black Lesbian Newsletter, 1982. 5 issues, each 8p., 8.5x11 inches, articles, poetry, services and resources, very good newsletters in pictorial self-wraps. Issue numbers 1:2-6. In 1983, the Bay Area publication changed its name to Onyx. More
Cat.No: 51572
![Black Lesbian Newsletter; [later title Onyx 6 issue broken run] vol. 1, #2, August 1982 - #6, December 1982 and Onyx, vol. 3, #5, Oct/Nov 1984](/pictures/thumb/222241.jpg?v=1521414633)
Black Lesbian Newsletter; [later title Onyx 6 issue broken run] vol. 1, #2, August 1982 - #6, December 1982 and Onyx, vol. 3, #5, Oct/Nov 1984
San Francisco: Black Lesbian Newsletter, 1982-1984. Six issue broken run, each 8-10p., 8.5x11 inches, articles, poetry, services and resources, very good newsletters in pictorial self-wraps. Issue numbers 1:2-6 & 3:5. In 1983, the Bay Area publication changed its name to Onyx. More
Cat.No: 222241
![Black Lesbians and Gays / from silence to celebration / Boyond the 28 days / 7th Annual National Black Gay and Lesbian Conference and Institutes [poster]](/pictures/thumb/235441.jpg?v=1552529926)
Black Lesbians and Gays / from silence to celebration / Boyond the 28 days / 7th Annual National Black Gay and Lesbian Conference and Institutes [poster]
Secaucus, NJ: the Conference, 1994. 18x24 inch poster, very good. Artwork is by Durham (no first name given). More
Cat.No: 235441
![Black Tie Optional: San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Marching Band & Twirling Corps in concert, Jon R. Sims, Conductor [program]](/pictures/thumb/226399.jpg?v=1530156242)
Black Tie Optional: San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Marching Band & Twirling Corps in concert, Jon R. Sims, Conductor [program]
San Francisco: The Band, 1979. Six-panel brochure/program, 5.75x11 inches, biographies, history, event program, mild wear, white stock with black bow tie cover illustration. More
Cat.No: 226399
Black/Out: the magazine of the National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays vol. 2, #2, Summer 1989; We are family: a special section: we remember our brother, Joseph Beam
Washington: National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays, 1989. Magazine. 60p., 8.5x11 inches, illustrated with b&w photos, essays, articles, resources, very good magazine in stapled wraps. AIDS, Audre Lorde, Joe Beam, etc. More
Cat.No: 191937
Black/Out: the magazine of the National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays vol. 2, #1, Fall 1988
Washington: National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays, 1988. Magazine. 60p., 8.5x11 inches, staplebound magazine with mild handling wear. This issue marks the tenth anniversary of the NCBLG. More
Cat.No: 194280
Blazing Star: vol. 2, #1, July 1976: Blazing Star returns
Chicago: Blazing Star/NAM, 1976. [14p] 8.5x11 inch newsletter, illustrated with drawings and cartoons, features, opinion, ads, resources, lightly-toned on covers, sheets stapled top-left corner. Blazing Star was a lesbian/feminist chapter of the New American Movement established in Chicago. Stories on Gay Rights legislation, Lavender & Red Book review, lesbian mothers..... More
Cat.No: 211564
Blazing Star: vol. 4, #2, March 1978: Exclusive - Noble: I'm running for the Senate
Chicago: Blazing Star/NAM, 1978. Newspaper. 12p. folded tabloid newspaper, photos, features, opinion, ads, resources, heavily-toned on cover above the fold otherwise good on newsprint. Blazing Star was a lesbian/feminist chapter of the New American Movement established in Chicago. Above the fold story on Elaine Noble's bid for the Senate. Centerfold..... More
Cat.No: 208818
Blowfish Catalog: Spring-Summer 1996
San Francisco: Blowfish, 1996. Magazine. 64p., 8.5x11 inches, illustrations, descriptions, prices, poetry, very good sex-toy catalogue for womenin stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 234139
The Blue Bitch: vol. 1, #2, Spring 1987
Columbus, OH: The Blue Bitch, 1987. Magazine. 35p., 5.5x8.5 inches, poetry, prose, services and resources, lightly-worn digest-size feminist magazine/journal in stapled lavender wraps. More
Cat.No: 208664
Blueprint for Justice 1994
San Francisco: NCLR/National Center for ZLesbian Rights, 1994. Six-panel folded brochure, 8.5x11 inches, details for six "designs" for a better world for lesbians, photos, financial report, staff, very good on heavy stock. More
Cat.No: 220696
Brat attack: The zine for leatherdykes and other bad girrrlz. #4
San Francisco, CA: the zine, 1993. Magazine. 52p., 8.25x10.75 inches, comix, articles, services and resources, very good graphic lesbian s/m magazine in stapled white pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 185715
Brokeback BBQ 2007: survival guide
[Estes Park, CO]: Brokeback BBQ/EDelMar, 2007. Magazine. 20p., 8.5x11 inches, event informations, directions, photos, art, bios, very good glossy magazine format souvenir program for the LGBT western outing based on the film by Ang Lee, stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 209920
Brooklyn Pride 2005: 9th annual multi-cultural street festival & night parade, Saturday, June 11, Prospect park West at Bartel-Pritchard Square
Brooklyn: Brooklyn Pride, 2005. Magazine. 52p. includes covers, 8x10.5 inches, schedule of events, parade route,vendors, ads, event map, photos, very good program booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 232719
Business women's directory: a listing of women-owned businesses in the Bay Area, second issue 1992
Oakland: On Your Marks Publications, 1992. 57p., 7x9.25 inches, business listings and ads, very good booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 189397
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