Gay Studies
This section includes literature by gay authors, as well as nonfiction works on related subjects, and the ephemera of gay and transgender political and social organizations. Many items that are relevant to the broader LGBTQ+ movement will also be found listed in the Lesbian studies section.
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A & U: America's AIDS magazine; vol. 10, #5, issue #79, May 2001
Albany: Art & Understanding, Inc. 2001. Magazine. 48p., 8.25x11 inches, illustrations, photos, services, features, ads, articles, very good glossy magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Cover story "Drain of Compassion: Have Daytime Soaps Forgotten About AIDS?" More
Cat.No: 188480
A & U: America's AIDS magazine; vol. 13, #2, issue #112, February 2004
Albany: Art & Understanding, Inc. 2004. Magazine. 32p., 8.25x11 inches, illustrations, photos, services, features, ads, articles, very good glossy magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Cover story "The Parkers' Monique Gets Spirited About AIDS" More
Cat.No: 188481
A & U: America's AIDS magazine; vol. 15, #4, issue #138, April 2006
Albany: Art & Understanding, Inc. 2006. Magazine. 40p., 8.25x11 inches, illustrations, photos, services, features, ads, articles, very good glossy magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Cover story "Dancing Without the Fear of AIDS: Carrie Ann Inaba" More
Cat.No: 188482
A & U: America's AIDS magazine; vol. 6, #2, issue #29, February 1997
Albany: Art & Understanding, Inc. 1997. Magazine. 56p., 8.25x11 inches, illustrations, photos, services, features, ads, articles, very good glossy magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Cover story "Andrew Sullivan To Tell the Truth" More
Cat.No: 188475
A & U: America's AIDS magazine; vol. 6, #3, issue #30, March/April 1997
Albany: Art & Understanding, Inc. 1997. Magazine. 64p., 8.25x11 inches, illustrations, photos, services, features, ads, articles, very good glossy magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Cover story "Iman: Model Citizen" and "Derek Jarman; Kicking Pricks" "Lesbians and AIDS. More
Cat.No: 188476
A & U: America's AIDS magazine; vol. 6, #4, issue #31, May 1997
Albany: Art & Understanding, Inc. 1997. Magazine. 64p., 8.25x11 inches, illustrations, photos, services, features, ads, articles, very good glossy magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Cover story "Behind the Scenes of 'Touch Me!'. More
Cat.No: 188477
A & U: America's AIDS magazine; vol. 6, #5, issue #32, June 1997
Albany: Art & Understanding, Inc. 1997. Magazine. 64p., 8.25x11 inches, illustrations, photos, services, features, ads, articles, very good glossy magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Cover story "David Leavitt: Fact and Fiction" More
Cat.No: 188478
A & U: America's AIDS magazine; vol. 6, #6, issue #33, July 1997
Albany: Art & Understanding, Inc. 1997. Magazine. 64p., 8.25x11 inches, illustrations, photos, services, features, ads, articles, very good glossy magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Cover story "Sapphire: Pushing the Envelope" More
Cat.No: 188479
10 Castro street fair 1983 Sunday August 21
San Francisco: n.p. 1983. Magazine. 16p., 6x9 inches, ads, map, resources, events, very good program booklet for the 10th annual fair in stapled lavender pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 167220
10th European AIDS Conference/EACS: November 17-20, 2005, Dublin, Ireland; abstract book
Dublin: EAC, 2005. Paperback. 190p. 8.25x11.5 inches, abstracts, pharma ads, overviews, indexes, very good oversized trade paperback report in pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 187732
The 15th Annual Folsom Street Fair; submit (souvenir magazine)
San Francisco: The Fair, 1998. Magazine. 24p., 8.25x10.25 inches, illustrations, ads, program, articles, very good in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 204570
1917 West (nos. 1, 3)
Oakland: Bay Area Bolshevik Tendency, 1992. Two issues of the 8.5x11 inch staplebound publication, the first issue (on Gay liberation through socialist revolution) 24 pages, the later issue a four-page brochure folded from a single sheet. More
Cat.No: 212908
1917 West (nos. 1-4)
Oakland: Bay Area Bolshevik Tendency, 1992-93. Four issues of the 8.5x11 inch staplebound publication, the first issue (on Gay liberation through socialist revolution) 24 pages, the following three all four-page brochures folded from a single sheet. Unknown whether later issues were published. More
Cat.No: 212906
1936-1996; 60 aniversario de la revolución española, in Socialismo Internacional, no. 13, julio-agosto, 1996
Barcelona: Socialismo Internacional, 1996. 2p. article in the 16p., 8.5x11 inch magazine, that also contains the two-page article, 'El camino hacia la Liberación Gay' by Jane Ferguson y Paso. More
Cat.No: 69280
1978 abstracts: Contributed papers presented before the International Conference on Venereal Disease, Family Planning and Human Sexuality: fourth annual conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 13-20, 1978
Sausalito: Pharmacist's Planning Service, Inc. 1978. [53] sheets printed recto-only, 8.5x11 inches, abstracts, outline of events, workshop schedules etc., very good in printed orange covers stapled once at middle of left. More
Cat.No: 193354
1982 abstracts: Contributed papers presented before the International Conference on Venereal Disease, Family Planning and Human Sexuality: sixth annual conference, Mexico City, Mexico, June 23-28, 1982
Sausalito: Pharmacist's Planning Service, Inc. 1982. [33] sheets printed recto-only, 8.5x11 inches, abstracts, outline of events, workshop schedules etc., very good in printed blue covers stapled at left. More
Cat.No: 193357
1984 International Lesbian/Gay Freedom Day parade & celebration; San Francisco, 24 June 1984
San Francisco: Lesbian/Gay Freedom Day Committee, 1984. 88p., illus., 10.5x14 inches, wraps. The parade program. More
Cat.No: 21174
The 1986 Gay Pride Celebration, Christopher Street West/Los Angeles; June 21-22; official souvenir program
Los Angeles: Christopher Street West, 1986. Magazine. 48p., 8.25x10.75 inches, articles, maps, color centerfold map of the festival grounds, photos, ads, services and resources, newsprint text-block, lightly-worn program booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. Lambda/Rainbow Flag cover. More
Cat.No: 220496
The 1990 Gay and Lesbian Pride Celebration: Look to the Future, June 23 & 24, 1990, West Hollywood, CA, official souvenir program,
Los Angeles: Christopher Street West, 1990. Magazine. 68p., 8.25x11 inches, maps, articles, event schedule, photos, ads, color centerfold illustration of the Festival grounds, services and resources, very good souvenir program in stapled glossy pictorial wraps. Twentieth anniversary of the West LA Pride march. More
Cat.No: 220498
1990 New York Pride Guide: the official guide to lesbian and gay pride and history month
New York: Pride Publishing, 1990. Magazine. 104p., 8.25x10.75 inches, illustrations, ads, references, organizations etc., very good glossy magazine format souvenir guidebook with newsprint guts and slick stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 166567
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1991-92 Mister South of Market Contest [poster]
San Francisco: the Contest, 1991. 11x17 inch poster, with artwork by John Wood depicting a man in skimpy leather gear, announcing the AIDS Emergency Fund benefit that was held at the SF Eagle. Minor edgewear, very good. More
Cat.No: 215196
The 1993 Gay and Lesbian Pride Celebration: A Family of Pride; June 26 & 27, 1993, West Hollywood Park, CA, official souvenir program,
Los Angeles: Christopher Street West, 1993. Magazine. 74p., 8.5x11 inches, maps, articles, event schedule, photos, ads, color centerfold illustration of the Festival grounds, services and resources, very good souvenir program in stapled glossy pictorial wraps. Twentieth anniversary of the West LA Pride march. More
Cat.No: 220499
1997 San Francisco lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender pride parade & celebration program: one community, many faces; June 28 & 29, 1997
San Francisco: The Parade Committee, 1997. Magazine. 24p., 8.5x11 inches, ads, map, photos, history, program of events, very good magazine/program in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 93846
1998 capital gains and losses; a state by state review of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and HIV/AIDS-related legislation in 1998
Washington: National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute, 1998. Paperback. 106p., 2p. executive summary laid in, 8.5x11 inches, very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 105083
The 1998 CSW Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Pride Celebration: Freedom to Love, Freedom to Choose; June 27 & 28, 1998, West Hollywood, CA, official souvenir program,
Los Angeles: Christopher Street West, 1998. Magazine. 52p., 8.5x11 inches, maps, articles, event schedule, photos, ads, color centerfold illustration of the Festival grounds, services and resources, very good souvenir program in stapled glossy pictorial wraps. Twentieth anniversary of the West LA Pride march. More
Cat.No: 220500
Finocchio's [souvenir program]
Li-Kar, photography by Romaine
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