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.
Dignity New Haven newsletter: vol. 2, #12, December 1978
New Haven: Dignity New Haven, 1978. Newsletter. Four-panel folded to 5.5x8.5 inches, events, calendar, addresses and directions to various places of worship, very good on light blue stock. More
Cat.No: 310309
Dignity San Jose-Santa Clara [handbill]
San Jose: Dignity, [Mar 1984]. Single 8.5x11 inch handbill printed one side only on yellow stock, very good condition. Handbill offering meetings twice a month at the Campus Christian Center, San Jose State. An organization of Catholic Gay Men, Lesbian Women, their friends and families. Stamped on rear Mar 1984..... More
Cat.No: 261003
Dignity [two handbills and one brochure]
San Francisco and San Jose: Bay Area Dignity/San Francisco Dignity/San Jose - Santa Clara Dignity, [1980s]. Three pieces, two 8.5x11 inch handbills and one six-panel brochure folded to 3.5x8.5 inches all very good. Handbill 1 is from San Jose announcing Saturday night meetings at the Campus Christian Center across from..... More
Cat.No: 253619
Dignity/San Francisco: Advent 2, December 9, 1984
San Francisco: Dignity/San Francisco, 1984. Pamphlet. 16p., 7x8.5 inches, program, music and lyrics for songs, prayers, events, services, very good program, loose folded sheets in light blue decorative wraps. More
Cat.No: 314983
Dignity/USA . . . for lesbian, gay, & bisexual Catholics...
Washington DC: Dignity/USA, [1980s]. Newsletter. Six panel brochure folded to 3.75x8.5 inches, very good on gray stock. No date but lack of web page or e-mail info places it pre-1990s and mention of AIDS post-1982. More
Cat.No: 310307
The Directory of South Bay gay/lesbian/bisexual businesses #1, Winter 1993-94
San Jose: OutNOW! 1993. 44p. includes covers, 4x10.25 inches, business listings by type, ads, very good booklet in stapled blue pictorial wraps. First issue of the Directory which was distributed along with the November 16, 1993 issue of OutNOW! More
Cat.No: 236471
Discussion - Rap: a conversation group where your opinion is...
San Francisco: First Unitarian Center/U.U. Gay and Lesbian Caucus, [1970S?]. Single 7x8.5 inch handbill printed one side on yellow stock, meeting information, illustrated with cartoon along bottom edge, lightly-worn. More
Cat.No: 241798
Divers/cité: 2004 célébration de la Fierté lesbienne, gaie, bisexuelle, transsexuelle...
Montreal: Divers/cité, 2004. Magazine. 56p., 8x11 inch illustrated program for the 7th Divers/cité pride festival, texts in French and English, very good magazine format in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 285391
Divers/cité: 99 célébration de la Fierté lesbienne, gaie, bisexuelle, transsexuelle...
Montreal: Divers/cité, 1999. Magazine. 40p., 8x11 inch illustrated program for the 7th Divers/cité pride festival, texts in French and English, very good magazine format in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 285388
Do Ask, Do Tell: outing Pacific Northwest history, October 24-25...
Tacoma: Washington State Historical Society, 1998. Pamphlet. Four panel mailer, 8.5x11 inches, with information on the event which featured Lillian Faderman and Jonathan Ned Katz, very good with a single sheet insert News from GLAPN announcing a Halloween Party. More
Cat.No: 290194
Do something rad-ish! [bumpersticker]
Martinsville, IN: Helaine Victoria Press, [198-]. Sticker. 18.5x4 inch bumpersticker, very good. Helaine Victoria Press, which took its name from the middle names of founders Jocelyn Helaine Cohen and Nancy Taylor Victoria Poore, started with an offset press in Santa Monica but switched to an 80-year old cast iron letterpress..... More
Cat.No: 280722
Domestic violence in the lesbian community; a panel discussion sponsored...
San Francisco: New Leaf Outreach to Elders and Old Lesbians Organizing for Change, 2003. 8.5x11 inch handbill printed single side, two horizontal folds, very good on gray stock. More
Cat.No: 160633
Dynamics of color: building a stronger lesbian community [handbill] combatting...
San Francisco: Dynamics of Color Organizing Committee, Lesbian Agenda for Action and Bay Area Lesbians of Color, 1989. 8.5x11 inch handbill, printed two sides, very good on pink stock. More
Cat.No: 103380
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
Cat.No: 236421
East Bay Gay Democratic Club June Endorsements '86 [brochure] Alameda...
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
Cat.No: 237917
East Bay Lesbian & Gay Democratic Club materials from 1997...
Oakland: EBL/GDC, 1997 & 1998. Seven pieces: 1.; a 3.5x8.5 inch endorsement card for 1998 on pink card stock. 2; a 4p. 8.5x11 inch 1997 newsletter with letter from the president Brenda J. Crawford and information on upcoming events. 3; 8.5x11 inch handbill announcing a Holiday Party (Christmas) at Caffka..... More
Cat.No: 262605
East Bay Pride Guide 2000 Free your mind; Oakland Gay...
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
East Bay Pride Guide 2002 Love is a Human Right
Oakland: East Bay Pride, 2002. Magazine. [32p] includes covers 5x8 inches, calender of events, bios, photos, very good souvenir program in stapled black pictorial wraps. Sixth Annual East Bay LGBT Pride Festival. More
Cat.No: 242578
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
Eight New Books in 1981 from The Naiad Press [brochure]
Tallahassee: The Naiad Press, 1981. Pamphlet. Eight panel brochure, 3.5x8.5 inches, top corner dog-eared else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 281020
El Rancho de Dolor y Placer: "The Ranch of Pain...
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
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
Cat.No: 144226
Enough is Enough! Gay People (men & women) Take Action...
San Francisco: The Gay Guards, [1988]. Handbill. Single 8.5x11 inch handbill printed one side only on white stock decorated with lightning bolts. More
Cat.No: 240372
Equality Forum: the Global GLBT Event [pamphlet/brochure]
Philadelphia: Equality Forum, 2009. Pamphlet. 16p. includes covers, 5.25x8.5 inches,very good event program in stapled glossy pictorial wraps. Program for the National Equality Rally in Philadelphia April 27 - May 3, 2009 at Independence Hall. More
Cat.No: 318581
Eros Sex Life Classes [catalog/brochure]
San Francisco: Eros: The Center for Safe Sex, [1990s]. Newspaper. [4p] very good folded newspaper-style catalog and class schedule illustrated with b&w photos on newsprint. Educators included Jack Davis, Carol Queen, Buzz Bense, Joseph Bea, Fakir Musafar etc. More
Cat.No: 315669
[Archive of the lesbian photographer Shelby Cohen, including 1980s BDSM...
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