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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![Castro Street Fair: 34th annual [program] Where everyone can have a gay ol' time, Oct. 7, 2007](/pictures/thumb/237578.jpg?v=1557368747)
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
![Castro Street Fair: 40th anniversary [program] starring Peaches, October 6th, 2013](/pictures/thumb/233959.jpg?v=1548905906)
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 to6x9 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
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 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
![Change the Face of Television [brochure] In the Life Club](/pictures/thumb/215591.jpg?v=1496289036)
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
Changes: no. 3, spring 1974
Simpsonville, MD: Changes/PEER Collective, 1974. Newspaper. 44p. folded tabloid newspaper in two sections, comix, political cartoons, radical columns, news, services, very good on newsprint. Underground radical political newspaper. Articles on the murder of George Jackson in prison, Racism in Hopward County, LGBT and Women's Rights, Black Panthers, the US still..... More
Cat.No: 186520
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
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
![Cité Guide Magazine [aka Guide magazine: San Francisco] volume 1, numbers 1-6 & Guide #1 & 2 [8...](/pictures/thumb/197852.jpg?v=1508127082)
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
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
Come out against the Briggs Initiative [pinback button]
Hollywood: Committee Against the Briggs Initiative, LA, [1978]. 2.25 inch diameter pin, very good. More
Cat.No: 248365
Come Out! a liberation forum for the Gay community; vol. 2, #7b, Spring-Summer 1971
New York: Gay Liberation Front, 1970. Newspaper. 24p. folded tabloid newspaper, articles, news, opinion, events, services and resources, ads, photos, toned, foxed and with some splitting at folds, newsprint. Socialist gay rights collective's newspaper. The GLF was born out of the Stonewall Riots. On the rear page is the subtitle..... More
Cat.No: 248803
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