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.
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...
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...
London: CHE, 1977. Handbill. Single 8.25x11.75 inch handbill printed both sides, lavender text on white stock, mild wear and fold creases for mailing else very good. Wow! accommodations started at 2 pound sterling a night! In London! At the Albany Hotel! More
Cat.No: 270237
Chicago Mask Ensemble presents Voices & Faces of Mother earth...
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
Chicago Public Library Lesbian Fiction: a selected list
Chicago: Chicago Public Library, June 2002. Pamphlet. 7p., 8.5x11 inches, titles listed with authors and publication dates, very good. More
Cat.No: 290208
Child care in the best interest of the children... Volunteers...
San Francisco: Childcare Subcommittee, Lesbian/Gay Freedom Day Celebration, 1982. Handbill. 8.5x14 inch handbill printed one side only on light blue 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 monsters as the Briggs, the..... 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...
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...
San Francisco: The Church for Unity and Service, 1983. Handbill. 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..... More
Cat.No: 206911
Citireport formerly "The Pettit report" on the politics of San...
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
Clip: Frauenzeitung für München; #4, Nov. 1985: Nachtisch gibt's das...
Munich: Frauenprojekthaus, 1985. Newsletter. [8p] includes covers, 8.25x11.75 inches, text in German, photos, articles, interview, very good feminist-lesbian newsletter in unbound sheets. Includes an interview with Ulla Meinecke. More
Cat.No: 289864
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...
Oakland: Applied Research Center and the Center for Third World Organizing, 1998-2005. Magazine. various pagination, illus. Twenty-eight issues including a special (unnumbered) issue from December, 2001 on the war on terrorism. This incomplete run of the 8.25x11 inch radical multicultural quarterly is missing Vol. 7 Nos. 2 and 4 and..... More
Cat.No: 130637
Come Out for Gay & Lesbian Youth [brochure] a community...
San Francisco: San Francisco Delinquency Prevention Commission, 1991. Pamphlet. 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 Delinquency Prevention Commission, Gay/Lesbian Youth Advocates & LYRIC/Lavender Youth Recreation Center. Held Tuesday, September 10, 1991 at City..... More
Cat.No: 260263
Come out proud! 20 Years of Pride: Lesbian & Gay...
Washington DC: One in Ten, 1995. Pamphlet. [64]p., stapled wraps, 8x10 inches, wraps lightly worn, small chip on front wrap, else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 313648
Come Play: Gay Games II [brochure] August 9-17, 1986, San...
San Francisco: Gay Games II & San Francisco Arts & Athletics, 1986. Pamphlet. Eight-panel brochure folded to 3.75x9 inches, informational brochure on fees, deadlines, rules and regulations, housing, some photos, very good on heavy light blue card stock. More
Cat.No: 219420
Come to a Rally & Celebration to mark the deadline...
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 Out! brochure [Berkeley Public Library book list]
Berkeley: Berkeley Public Library, 1993. Pamphlet. Four panel pamphlet/brochure 5.5x8.5 inches, listing 18 books on coming out as gay or lesbian, very good. More
Cat.No: 313885
Coming! The Lesbian/Gay community kitty litter liner for the Bay...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
[Archive of the lesbian photographer Shelby Cohen, including 1980s BDSM...
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