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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Canadian Lesbian and Gay History Network Newsletter #1 & #2, December 1985 & September 1986 [first two issues]
Toronto: Canadian Lesbian and Gay History Network, 1985-86. First two issues of the newsletter, 21p. and 20p., 8.5x11 inches, stapled upper-left corner, introductions, research requests, book lists, very good. Issue #1 is printed both sides of the sheets while #2 is recto-only. More
Cat.No: 235265
Candyland [handbill]
San Francisco: Queer resource Center et al at CCSF, 2007. Single 8.5x11 inch handbill printed one side with color design, stamped CCSF Approved for Posting otherwise very good. Announcent for an on-campus event featuring bands, djs, dancing, food and drinks for various LGBTQ and Women's youth groups on campus on..... More
Cat.No: 237722
Cape Cod and Islands Pride Pages: bringing the community together 5th edition, 2007-2008
Cape Cod: Cape Cod and Islands Pride Pages, 2007. Magazine. 78p. includes covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, services, resources, events, listings, ads, very good guide booklet in stapled glossy pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 225531
Cape Cod and Islands Pride Pages: bringing the community together 6th edition, 2008
Cape Cod: Cape Cod and Islands Pride Pages, 2008. Magazine. 96p., 5.5x8.5 inches, services, resources, events, listings, ads, very good guide booklet in glossy pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 225532
Capitol Hill: the newsletter of the Gay Rights National Lobby; vol. 2, #3; Congressional Briefings a "Great Success"
Washington DC: GRNL, 1980. [4p] 8.5x11 inches, news, opinion, events, photos, horizontal fold creases for mailing otherwise very good newsletter. Cover photo of Henry Waxman, Meryl Friedman, Ted Weiss, Revernd Troy Perry et al. More
Cat.No: 229428
Capitol Hill: the newsletter of the Gay Rights National Lobby; vol. 5, #1, Spring 1983; GRNL Board of Directors Hold Annual Meeting
Washington DC: GRNL, 1983. 6p., 8.5x11 inches, news, opinion, events, photos, horizontal fold crease for mailing otherwise very good newsletter. Field Associates Key to Successful Grassroots Organization with a listing of the associates contact numbers and addresses. More
Cat.No: 251067
Capitol Hill: the newsletter of the Gay Rights National Lobby; vol. 5, #2, Summer/Fall 1983; GRNL's AIDS Project
Washington DC: GRNL, 1983. 8p., 8.5x11 inches, news, opinion, events, photos, horizontal fold creases for mailing otherwise very good newsletter. Steve Endean testifies on AIDS before the House subcommittee. More
Cat.No: 229430
Castro Street Fair 2016 program
San Francisco: The Fair Committee, 2016. Magazine. [28p] 5.25x8.25 inches, ads, maps, schedule, performers, very good program booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 241758
Castro Street Fair. Ninth annual, August 15, 1982
San Francisco: 1982. 16p., 6x9 inches, very good in stiff, stapled pictorial wraps showing a crowd at the previous fair, rear cover map with locations of booths, food area etc., illustrated with photos, ads, event schedule etc. More
Cat.No: 167221
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Castro Street Fair: 34th annual [program] Where everyone can have a gay ol' time, Oct. 7, 2007
San Francisco: Castro Street Fair, 2007. Magazine. [60p] includes covers, 5.25x8.25 inches, photos, event schedule, ads, services and resources, very good digest -size program in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 237578
![Castro Street Fair: 37th annual [program] Get your Freak on! Oct. 3, 2010](/pictures/thumb/237949.jpg?v=1557976159)
Castro Street Fair: 37th annual [program] Get your Freak on! Oct. 3, 2010
San Francisco: Castro Street Fair, 2010. Magazine. [44p] includes covers, 5.25x8.25 inches, photos, event schedule, ads, services and resources, very good digest -size program in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 237949
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Castro Street Fair: 40th anniversary [program] starring Peaches, October 6th, 2013
San Francisco: Castro Street Fair, 2013. Magazine. [40p] 5.25x8.25 inches, photos, event schedule, ads, services and resources, very good digest -size program in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 233959
Caucus Connections: publication of the Gay and Lesbian Caucus of the NEA; vol. 8, #2, December 1995; History resolution sparks debate
Kent: GLC/National Education Association, 1995. 8p. includes covers, 8.5x11 inches, news, reports, services and resources, very good newsletter of folded, nested sheets. More
Cat.No: 229438
Causes in Common: reproductive justice & LGBT liberation [brochure]
New York: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, [2010s]. Six-panel brochure folded to 6x9 inches, color photos, organization information, detachable mailer-card, very good on heavy glossy stock. A national organizing initiative. More
Cat.No: 237579
Celebration '90" newsletter of Gay Games III and Cultural festival, August 4-11, 1990 #5, Nov./Dec. '88
Vancouver: Metropolitan Vancouver Athletic & Arts Association, 1988. Newspaper. 8p., folded tabloid newspaper, articles, photos, teams, resources, very good on newsprint. Below the fold article on San Francisco Athletics dissolving the organization and passing on sponsorship of the games by Summer of 1989. More
Cat.No: 215659
The Celebration '90: Gay Games III and Cultural Festival, official program, August 4-11, 1990, Vancouver
Vancouver: Metropolitan Vancouver Athletics and Arts Association, 1990. Magazine. 75p., + ads, 8.5x11 inches, events, ads, resources and services, very good souvenir magazine in stapled purple pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 74199
The Center Dinner program 1988
Garden Grove, CA: The Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Orange County, 1988. Magazine. [48p] includes covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, history of the Center, program of the event, ads, very good booklet in stapled glossy pictorial wraps. Second dinner. More
Cat.No: 258227
Center for Special Problems [brochure]
San Francisco: The Center, [1980s?]. Six-panel brochure folded to 3.5x8.5 inches, list of bullet-point questions teens ask themselves, Who we are, services we offer, very good on heavy orange stock with drawing of hands and flower on front panel, hand-corrected phone number. The Center was a division of the City..... More
Cat.No: 244543
Center Stage: vol. 2, #7, Feb. 1989 - April 1991 (broken run of 6 issues)
New York: Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, 1989-91. Six issues, various pagination, 5.5x8.5 inches, photos, reviews of Broadway and Off Broadway shows, very good first edition booklets in stapled pictorial wraps. Issues include: 2:7, 11, 12, 3:2June/July 1990 & April 1991. At some point the publishers dropped the volume..... More
Cat.No: 184270
The Center's 15th Anniversary Dinner & Dance [souvenir program]
Los Angeles: The Gay & Lesbian Community Services Center, 1986. Magazine. [40p] 8.5x11 inches, program for the event, photos, ads, very good souvenir program in glossy white stapled pictorial wraps. The event took place November 22, 1986 at the Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles Ballroom and starred Miss Peggy Lee..... More
Cat.No: 209789
Centerstone: the news magazine of the Stonewall Alliance of Chico; [five issue broken run]
Chico, CA: Stonewall Alliance of Chico, 1991-1996. Five issues, various pagination, 8.5x11 inches, stapled sheets and booklets, news, features, eventys, resources, photos, calendars, local ads, some hole-punch otherwise very good newsletters. Issues included are: 1:Winter/Spring 1991, 1:10 Summer 1993, 2:1, Jan. 1996, 2:7 July 1996 & 2:10 Oct. 1996. Several..... More
Cat.No: 198768
The Chain Store Bondage Catalogue [Summer 1995?]
Mountain View, CA: The Back Drop Club/The Chain Store, [1995?]. 26p., 8.5x11 inches, illustrated throughout with line drawings of nude women in various restraints and devices, aimed at the straight male top, printed on 13 photocopied sheets, in clear sleeves and bound in a blue three ring binder with a...... More
Cat.No: 254634
The Challenge and Progress of Homosexual Law Reform
San Francisco: Council on Religion and the Homosexual/Daughters of Bilitis/SIR & tavern Guild, 1968. 72p., 5.5x8.5 inches, introduction, notes, list of homophile organizations, lightly worn wraps, staples are rusted otherwise quite good. Essays on Homosexuality, #2. More
Cat.No: 186063
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Change the Face of Television [brochure] In the Life Club
New York: In the Life Media Network, no date. Eight-panel folded brochure, 3.5x8.5 inches, photos, show descriptions, donation envelope, very good. A brochure asking for donations and offering Club Memberships to LGBTQ viewers for the PBS program. More
Cat.No: 215591
Change: a working woman's newspaper. Volume 2, No. 7, Oct-Nov 1972
San Francisco, CA: Change, 1972. Newspaper. 8p., folded tabloid newspaper, features, photos, comic strip, evenly toned, worn, stamped "Received" on cover, adress label on rear wrap else good condition on newsprint. Cover stories are "Elections", "Gay at Work", "Strike at Foremost", and "Welfare" More
Cat.No: 187706
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