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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East Bay Pride Guide 2000 Free your mind; Oakland gay mardi gras 2000, September 3, Preserbation Park
Oakland: East Bay Pride, 2000. Magazine. 36p. includes covers, 8.5x10.75 inches, calender of events, bios, photos, very good souvenir program in stapled decorative wraps. Fourth Annual East Bay LGBT Pride Festival. More
Cat.No: 232700
Edge magazine (aka L.A. Edge) #153, May 24, 1989
Los Angeles: Edge Publishing, 1984. Magazine. 96p. including covers, 10.75x13.75 inches, illustrations, ads, articles interviews, reviews, listings, essays, very good magazine on newsprint. The L.A. Edge was a bi-weekly entertainment and social issues magazine based in L.A. through the Eighties, Nineties and early 2000s. Around issue 15/16 it became Edge... More
Cat.No: 204764
Edge magazine (aka L.A. Edge) #171, January 31, 1990
Los Angeles: Edge Publishing, 1990. Magazine. 88p. including covers, 10.75x13.75 inches, illustrations, ads, articles interviews, reviews, listings, essays, very good magazine on newsprint. The L.A. Edge was a bi-weekly entertainment and social issues magazine based in L.A. through the Eighties, Nineties and early 2000s. Around issue 15/16 it became Edge... More
Cat.No: 234255
Edge magazine (aka L.A. Edge) vol. 1, #19, Feb. 8-22, 1984
Los Angeles: Edge Publishing, 1984. Magazine. 32p. including covers, 10.5x13.5 inches, illustrations, ads, articles interviews, reviews, listings, essays, toning and wear otherwise very good magazine/tabloid on newsprint. The L.A. Edge was a bi-weekly entertainment and social issues magazine based in L.A. through the Eighties, Nineties and early 2000s. Around issue..... More
Cat.No: 183838
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Ellen: season IV, episode 1 [playbill]
N. pl. ABC, 1997. 4p., 5.5x8.5 inches, brochure/playbill for the first episode of season four, cast photo, short bios, trivia quiz, etc., very good on blue pictorial stock. More
Cat.No: 144226
Equality Notes: the political voice of Georgia's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender citzens; First quarter, 2000
Atlanta: Georgia Equality Project, 2000. 4p., 11x17 inch newsletter folded to 8.5x11 inches landscape, news, events, actions, services and resources, photos, fold creases otherwise very good on glossy white stock. Cover story on Victorious Moments including passage of a hate crimes bill. More
Cat.No: 221236
The Eulenspiegel Society Newsletter: April/May/June 1993
New York: Eulenspiegel Society, 1993. Magazine. 52p., includes covers, 8.5x11 inches, Society calendar, articles, fiction, erotic drawings and photos, reports, services and resources, very good fetish newsletter in stapled white pictorial wraps. BDSM Society newsletter. More
Cat.No: 225679
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Everywoman vol. 2, no. 10 (issue 21) July 9, 1971 [aka Everywoman is our sister]
Venice, CA: Everywoman, 1971. Newspaper. 16p., folded tabloid newspaper, photos, ads, services, calendar, columns, essays, poetry, moderately worn and toned newsprint. More
Cat.No: 192578
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Everywoman [aka Everywoman is our sister] vol. 2, #15 (issue 26) October 26, 1971
Venice, CA: Everywoman, 1971. Newspaper. 20p., folded tabloid newspaper, photos, ads, services, calendar, columns, essays, poetry, moderately worn and toned newsprint, stamped with The Advocate Received and address stamps. More
Cat.No: 192579
Everywoman: everywoman is our sister vol. 1, #14 February 5, 1971
Venice, CA: Everywoman, 1971. Newspaper. 20p., folded tabloid newspaper, photos, ads, services, resources, calendar, columns, essays, poetry,very good on newsprint. Karen Lindsey on Science Fiction from a feminist perspective. More
Cat.No: 218047
Everywoman: everywoman is our sister vol. 1, #9 October 23, 1970
Los Angeles: Everywoman, 1970. Newspaper. 20p., folded tabloid newspaper, photos, ads, services, resources, calendar, columns, essays, poetry,very good on newsprint. More
Cat.No: 203002
Expanding Opportunities: a grantmaker's guide to workplace policies for lesbian, gay and bisexual staff
New York: The Working Group on Funding Lesbian and Gay Issues, 1999. [iii] 52p., 7.5x11 inches, introduction, endnotes, appendices, very good booklet in stapled yellow and blue wraps. More
Cat.No: 232920
Fabulas: the journal of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society; Summer 2008
San Francisco: GLBTHS, 2008. Magazine. 21p., 7x8.5 inches, photos, art, essays, news, very good combined newsletter/journal/exhibit program in stapled pictorial white wraps. Inaugural issue. More
Cat.No: 206269
Fantasia Fair '97: participant's guide, give yourself a gift you will remember; October 19-26, 1997, Provincetown, Cape Cod
Provincetown: Outreach Institute of Gender Studies, 1997. 28p., 7x8.5 inches, program of events, ads, maps, guides, very good booklet in stapled yellow pictorial wraps. Program and guidebook for the 23rd annual event. More
Cat.No: 204064
FEM: LA's Feminist NewsMagazine; Spring 2001
Los Angeles: FEM/UCLA Communications Board, 2001. Newspaper. 20p. folded tabloid newspaper, articles, essays, ads, services and resources, poetry, photos and illustrations, very good. More
Cat.No: 215492
Female Liberation newsletter Monday, May 22, 1972
Boston: Female Liberation, 1972. 10p. on five stapled 8.5x11 inch sheets, news, events, actions, resources, fold creases, canceled stamp and mailing label on back, cover letter attached. The cover letter is dated May 25 and is addressed to Sisters Magazine (address label as well) notes that Female Liberation has reached... More
Cat.No: 210136
Feminary: a feminist journal for the South; volume 10, number 3
Durham and Chapel Hill, NC: Feminary Collective, 1980. Magazine. 88p., 6x8.5 inches, illustrations, poems, stapled pictorial wraps, very good. Feminary began as Female Liberation Newsletter in 1969 and grew into a lesbian feminist quarterly in the 1970s. More
Cat.No: 170860
Ferrari Guides Gay Travel A to Z: 20th edition
Phoenix: Ferrari International Pub. 2001. Paperback. 461p., very good travel guide with reviews, ratings, address, illustrations, trade paperback in pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 218505
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Fight lesbian and gay oppression [handbill]
Oakland; San Francisco: Revolutionary Workers League; Socialist League (Democratic-Centralist), 1981. 8.5x11 inch handbill printed both sides, bottom edge toned with minor wear. Distributed at Lesbian/Gay Freedom Day by the Trotskyist groups. More
Cat.No: 179035
![The Filipino Task Force on AIDS presents Miss Trans-Globe Pageant 2002 [handbill] the search for FTFA's transgender spokesmodel](/pictures/thumb/234194.jpg?v=1549511504)
The Filipino Task Force on AIDS presents Miss Trans-Globe Pageant 2002 [handbill] the search for FTFA's transgender spokesmodel
San Francisco: FTFA, 2002. Single 8.5x11 inch handbill on pink stock features a feminine figure in off-the-shoulder gown and plunging back seen from behind with two thumbnail headshots of trans models below and the words Embody, Grace, and Beauty in crossword form. Fold crease for mailing and FTFA return address... More
Cat.No: 234194
Finesse: news, notes, and Nirvana from the Central Illinois Gender Association; March 1999
Washington, IL: Central Illinois Gender Association, 1999. [8p] 8.5x11 inches, map, news, articles, events, cartoons, local ads on rear, very good newsletter of four sheets stapled at upper-left corner. More
Cat.No: 233881
![Floodtide: the wave of the future [newsletter] vol. 6, #1, Winter 1994; PEP & IntiNet Join forces to create Loving More Magazine](/pictures/thumb/229418.jpg?v=1538016565)
Floodtide: the wave of the future [newsletter] vol. 6, #1, Winter 1994; PEP & IntiNet Join forces to create Loving More Magazine
San rafael: IntiNet Resource Center, 1994. 12p., 8.5x11 inches, news, events, ads, services and resources, very good newsletter. Polyamory organization in Marin. More
Cat.No: 229418
![focusPOINT: [aka Focus Point] vol. 1, #1, May 27-June 3, 1994](/pictures/thumb/210812.jpg?v=1484090311)
focusPOINT: [aka Focus Point] vol. 1, #1, May 27-June 3, 1994
Minneapolis: Cernent Corp. 1994. Newspaper. 8p. folded tabloid newspaper, Quatrefoil Library stamp on cover, light toning otherwise very good on newsprint, color photos on cover and at centerfold. Debut issue. AIDS Pledge Walk cover story and centerfold. AIDS, LGBTQ rights, politics, arts news and reviews, opinion, services and resources. As... More
Cat.No: 210812
Folsom Street Fair program section from SF Sentinel 7th year itch, September 23rd, 1990
San Francisco: San Francisco Sentinel & SMMILE, 1990. Newspaper. 28p. folded tabloid, event schedule, ads, photos, map, very good on newsprint. The special section for the Folsom Street Fair published with the Sept. 6, 1990 issue of the SF Sentinel. More
Cat.No: 220681
Frauen gemeinsam sind stark! Texte und Materialien des Women's Liberation Movement in den USA. Herausgegeben und kommentiert von einem Arbeitskollektiv der Sozialistischen Frauen Frankfurt/M.
Frankfurt: Verlag Roter Stern, 1972. 139 p., illustrated wraps, somewhat worn with spine tear at bottom. Collection of German translations of works by American feminists, with B&W illustrations. Authors of original texts include Marge Piercy, Jayne West, Frances M. Beal, Anne Koedt, Pamela Kearon, etc. More
Cat.No: 119495
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