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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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
![CHE Conference, Nottingham, August '77 [handbill] The Campaign for Homosexual Equality](/pictures/thumb/270237.jpg?v=1628733085)
CHE Conference, Nottingham, August '77 [handbill] The Campaign for Homosexual Equality
London: CHE, 1977. Handbill. Single 8.25x11.75 inche handbill printed both sides, lavender text on white stock, mild wear and fold creases for mailing else very good. Wow! accomodations started at 2 pound sterling a night! In London! At the Albany Hotel! More
Cat.No: 270237
Chicago Filmmakers presents the 11th Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival November 8-17, 1991
Chicago: Chicago Filmmakers, 1991. Newspaper. 8p. folded tabloid newspaper program for the festival with thumbnail film stills and film descriptions, times and dates, calendar, very good on newsprint. More
Cat.No: 236552
Chicago Gay Pride 1971: Gay Pride celebration June 20-27!
Chicago: Chicago Gay Pride, 1971. Newspaper. 24p. folded tabloid newspaper, photos, ads, art, cartoons, articles, news, heavily dampstained and wrinkled but complete and readable on newsprint. Includes a full-page ad for Maria Montez the Latin Dream, transexual female impersonator at The Blue Dahlia in nude pose. An Article on One..... More
Cat.No: 26402
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Chicago Mask Ensemble presents Voices & Faces of Mother earth [handbill] July 8th, 8:15pm at the Blue Rider Theatre
Chicago: The Ensemble, [1990?]. Handbill. Single 8.5x11 inch handbill printed one side only with photos and information on two performances by the Ensemble at the Nights at the Blue Rider Festival and Uptown Hull House, lightly-worn with fold creasing. members at the time included Laury Goux, Linda Pyle, Sherres Blakemore..... More
Cat.No: 270718
Child care in the best interest of the children... Volunteers needed. Lesbian/Gay Freedom Day 6-27-82 [handbill]
San Francisco: Childcare Subcommittee, Lesbian/Gay Freedom Day Celebration, 1982. 8.5x14 inch handbill printed one side only on light blu stock, several creases, some foxing. "We lesbians and gay men must ally ourselves with children and young people and let them see we are not monstres as the Briggs, the Anitas..... More
Cat.No: 236641
Christopher Street West/Los Angeles 1982 Awards Banquet [program]
Los Angeles: CSW/LA, 1982. Four-panel program 5.5x8.5 inches, executive committee, board members, alternates, program, on back cover explanations of the awrds, laid-in is a 4.5x6 inch four-panel double-folded mini-program listing award winners etc. The larger program is on heavy card stock and heavily toned at edges. More
Cat.No: 258276
Christopher Street West/Los Angeles 1983 Awards Banquet [program]
Los Angeles: CSW/LA, 1983. [12p] 5.5x8.5 inches, introduction to CSW, executive committee, board members, alternates, program, ads, very good booklet in stapled gray printed wraps. More
Cat.No: 258247
Christopher Street West/Los Angeles 1991 Together in Pride souvenir program gay and Lesbian Pride Celebration, West Hollywood, CA, June 22 and 23, 1991
West Hollywood: Christopher Street West Assoc. 1991. Magazine. 64p. includes covers, 8.5x11 inches, ads, event schedule, photos, services and resources, very good program booklet in stapled white pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 236893
The Church for Unity and Service: a church for us [handbill]
San Francisco: The Church for Unity and Service, 1983. Single 8.5x11 inch sheet printed recto-only, red ink on white stock, portrait of Rev. Charles Thorpe, announcement and other info, very good. Announcement for a special service on Sunday, June 26, 1983 for Lesbian/Gay Freedom Day Parade. Fifth year the Church..... More
Cat.No: 206911
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Cité Guide Magazine [aka Guide magazine: San Francisco] volume 1, numbers 1-6 & Guide #1 & 2 [8 issues]
San Francisco: Hot Wax Music Enterprises & Cité Guide, 1985-1986. Magazine. Eight issues, various pagination, 8.5x10.75 inches, events, listings, reviews, ads, articles, interviews, photos, very good entertainment magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. The Guide published by Hot Wax Music Enterprises became Cité Guide after only a few issues. Numbering on..... More
Cat.No: 197852
Citireport formerly "The Pettit report" on the politics of San Francisco: vol.9, numbers 1-3, Jan. 15, Feb. 1 & 15, 1988
San Francisco: Citireport, 1988. Three issue run, 6p. & 4p. each, 8.5x11 inches, single sheet laid-in first issue, articles, news, reports, very good newsletters. With issue 9:1 the ownership of The Pettit Report changed hands as did the position of Mayor of SF (Feinstein stepped down to Agnos) and thus..... More
Cat.No: 236864
Coalition for Human Rights
San Francisco: Coalition for Human Rights, [1977]. Six-panel brochure, 3.75x8.5 inches, very good, Introduction to the group. "The Coalition for Human Rights, formed June 20, 1977, is the largest political action organization of lesbians and gay men in the Bay Area..." Dated by notice of support for Agnos' bill AB..... More
Cat.No: 189391
Color lines; race culture action, volume 1, no. 1, summer, 1998 - volume 8, no. 3, Fall 2005
Oakland: Applied Research Center and the Center for Third World Organizing, 1998-2005. Thirty issues, almost a complete run of the 8.25x11 inch radical multicultural quarterly, missing issues Vol. 7 No. 2 and Vol. 8, No. 1, various pagination, illus. A who's who of the multicultural left contributed to the magazine..... More
Cat.No: 130637
Colors of Contribution: the Women's Building Honors Lesbians of Color for Shaping the Vision [two handbills] featuring Casselberry-Dupree Band with Nerida Rojas & Annette A. Aguilar
San Francisco: Women's Building, 1991. Two handbills, 8.5x11 inches printed one side only, orange stock, very good, picture of the musical duo, information about the event, very similar in layout with minor differences. Handbills for a benefit for the Women's Building. More
Cat.No: 238049
Columbia FunMaps: mapping the gay and lesbian world; San Francisco & Russian River 2002, Montreal & Quebec 1998, Manhattan 1994 & Washington, DC & Baltimor 2004[four folding maps]
Maplewood: Columbia FunMaps, 1994, 1998, 2002 & 2004. Four folded color maps/directory brochures, two on glossy stock, guides to the LGBTQ interests in subject cities, ads, reviews, lists, contacts, very good. More
Cat.No: 243215
Columbia FunMaps: San Francisco & Sonoma County/Russian River three maps;1999 edition, 2006 edition and 2014 edition
Maplewood: FunMaps, 2006 & 2014. Three folded color map/directory on glossy stock, guides to the LGBTQ interests and locations, ads, reviews, lists, contacts, very good. More
Cat.No: 243219
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Come Out for Gay & Lesbian Youth [brochure] a community forum on the critical need for a youth center for gay, lesbian, bisexual & transgender youth
San Francisco: San francisco Delinquency Prevntion Commission, 1991. Six panel informational brochure folded to 3.5x8.5 inches, printed both sides, very good on purple stock with silhouettes of teens. Co-sponsored by the Deliquincy Prevention Commission, Gay/Lesbian Youth Advocates & LYRIC/Lavendar Youth Recreation Center. Held Tuesday, September 10, 1991 at City Hall..... More
Cat.No: 260263
Come to a Rally & Celebration to mark the deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment [handbill]
San Francisco: California N.O.W., 1982. Single 8.5x11 inch handbill printed one side only with information on the rally listing speakers and entertainment, very good. More
Cat.No: 264011
Coming! The Lesbian/Gay community kitty litter liner for the Bay Area. Vol. 69, no. 69. April for Fools
San Francisco: [Coming Up!], 1985. April Fool's Day parody newspaper, apparently a supplement to "Coming Up!", eight pages, tabloid format. Fake news articles, ads, columns; plus a feature with baby photos of local LGBT personages. Cover art for "Lesbian / Gay Co-Parenting: After the birth" depicts a woman in a...... More
Cat.No: 201818
Commission on the Status of Women Newsletter: [broken run of 11 issues]
Sacramento: State of California, The Commission, 1974-1975. Eleven issue broken run of the newsletter, 6p. to 8p. each, 8.5x11 inch sheets stapled upper-left corner and printed both sides, reports, news, events, two horizontal fold creases for mailingotherwise very good. Issues include: Oct., Nov. & Dec. 1974, Jan.-May, July, Aug. &..... More
Cat.No: 235268
CommuniQ: a newsletter of The Diversity Center; vol. 6, issues 1-3, Winter, Spring & September 2007 [3 issues]
Santa Cruz: The Diversity Center, 2007. Three issue run, 10p. each, 8.5x11 inches, articles, news, events, reports, services and resources, photos, address labels on rearremains of tape closures for mailing otherwise very good newsletters. LGBTQ organization. More
Cat.No: 244578
The Community Book: business, professional, retail, and leisure services for the Gay & Lesbian community July 2001 - November 2001 for the San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco: Life Ventures, Inc., 2001. Paperback. 82p., 5.25x8.25 inches, listings, ads, lightly-worn and bumped otherwise good paperback resource guide in white glossy pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 234765
The Community Book: business, professional, retail, and leisure services for the Gay & Lesbian community Premiere Edition 1999 for the San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco: Life Ventures, Inc., 1999. Paperback. 82p., 5.25x8.25 inches, listings, ads, very good paperback resource guide in white glossy pictorial wraps. First in a series. More
Cat.No: 236458
The Community Book: business, professional, retail, and leisure services for the Gay & Lesbian community June - October 2000 for the San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco: Life Ventures, Inc., 2000. Paperback. 146p., 5.25x8.25 inches, listings, ads, very good paperback resource guide in white glossy pictorial wraps. Second in the series. More
Cat.No: 236459
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