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 Gay Community Services [brochure]
Berkeley: East Bay Gay Community Services, [1974]. Six-panel informational brochure folded to 3.5x8.5 inches printed purple on light blue heavy stock, horizontal fold crease otherwise good. Peacock logo, lists a switchboard crisis number, counseling, education services, policymailing list and donation panel, list of services in the planning stage. More about East Bay Gay Community Services [brochure
Cat.No: 236421
![East Bay Gay Democratic Club June Endorsements '86 [brochure] Alameda County Offices](/pictures/thumb/237917.jpg?v=1557976136)
East Bay Gay Democratic Club June Endorsements '86 [brochure] Alameda County Offices
Berkeley: EBL/GDC, 1986. Four-panel brochure folded to 3.5x8.5 inches, 8.5x11 inch letter folded and laid-in, very good on green stock. More about East Bay Gay Democratic Club June Endorsements '86 [brochure] Alameda County Offices
Cat.No: 237917
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 about East Bay Pride Guide 2000 Free your mind; Oakland gay mardi gras 2000, September 3, Preserbation...
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 about Edge magazine (aka L.A. Edge) #153, May 24, 1989
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 about Edge magazine (aka L.A. Edge) #171, January 31, 1990
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 about Edge magazine (aka L.A. Edge) vol. 1, #19, Feb. 8-22, 1984
Cat.No: 183838
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El Rancho de Dolor y Placer: "The Ranch of Pain and Pleasure" [brochure] a BDSM & D/s retreat and training facility in the Wine Country of Northern California
no place: El Rancho, no date. Six-panel brochure folded to 3.5x8.5 inches illustrated with BDSM drawings and small color photos, web page and email info, very good. No address or date, possibly 1990s but likely post 2000. More about El Rancho de Dolor y Placer: "The Ranch of Pain and Pleasure" [brochure] a BDSM &...
Cat.No: 236973
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 about Ellen: season IV, episode 1 [playbill
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 about Equality Notes: the political voice of Georgia's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender citzens;...
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 about The Eulenspiegel Society Newsletter: April/May/June 1993
Cat.No: 225679
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 about Everywoman vol. 2, no. 10 (issue 21) July 9, 1971 [aka Everywoman is our sister
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 about Everywoman [aka Everywoman is our sister] vol. 2, #15 (issue 26) October 26, 1971
Cat.No: 192579
Everywoman: everywoman is our sister vol. 1, #10 November 13, 1970
Los Angeles: Everywoman, 1970. Newspaper. 20p., folded tabloid newspaper, photos, ads, services, resources, calendar, columns, essays, poetry,very good on newsprint. More about Everywoman: everywoman is our sister vol. 1, #10 November 13, 1970
Cat.No: 235886
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 about Everywoman: everywoman is our sister vol. 1, #14 February 5, 1971
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 about Everywoman: everywoman is our sister vol. 1, #9 October 23, 1970
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 about Expanding Opportunities: a grantmaker's guide to workplace policies for lesbian, gay and bisexual...
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 about Fabulas: the journal of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society; Summer 2008
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 about Fantasia Fair '97: participant's guide, give yourself a gift you will remember; October 19-26,...
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 about FEM: LA's Feminist NewsMagazine; Spring 2001
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 about Female Liberation newsletter Monday, May 22, 1972
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 about Feminary: a feminist journal for the South; volume 10, number 3
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 about Ferrari Guides Gay Travel A to Z: 20th edition
Cat.No: 218505
Fetish, Fashion, Fantasy
Flensburg: Orion-Verlag, 1996. Hardcover. Unpaginated, about one hundred pages, high-definition color photoportraits printed on glossy alkaline paperstock, hardbound in 9.5 x6.5 laminated colorphoto boards. Nice copy; the exterior shows faint signs of handling, interior is completely clean and sound. NB, no males are shown or even suggested, nor any elderly... More about Fetish, Fashion, Fantasy
Cat.No: 235545
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 about Fight lesbian and gay oppression [handbill
Cat.No: 179035
The First National Conference on Lesbians & Gay Aging [handbill]
Carson, CA: National Assoc. of Lesbian and Gay Gerontologists, California State University Dominguez Hills, 1981. Single 8.5x11 inch handbill printed one side purple text and drawing on white stock. Slide shows and audio presentations, special exhibits provided by the San Francisco Gay History Project, Jim Kepner and the National Gay... More about The First National Conference on Lesbians & Gay Aging [handbill
Cat.No: 237707
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