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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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Castro Star: The Castro's neighborhood newspaper, vol. 1, #1, April, 2004 - vol. 1, #9, December, 2004 [broken run of 7 issues]
San Francisco: San Francisco Observer, 2004. Newspaper. Seven issues, various pagination folded tabloid paper, photos, ads, features, poetry, very good on newsprint. Broken run of the Castro District paper which began in April 1997 and merged with the Western Edition continuing the numbering of the latter and renaming the paper..... More
Cat.No: 237960
Castro Street Fair 10: 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
Castro Street Fair 2016 program
San Francisco: The Fair Committee, 2016. Magazine. [28p] 5.25x8.25 inches, ads, maps, schedule, performers, very good program booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 241758
Castro Street Fair. Ninth annual, August 15, 1982
San Francisco: 1982. 16p., 6x9 inches, very good in stiff, stapled pictorial wraps showing a crowd at the previous fair, rear cover map with locations of booths, food area etc., illustrated with photos, ads, event schedule etc. More
Cat.No: 167221
![Castro Street Fair: 34th annual [program] Where everyone can have a gay ol' time, Oct. 7, 2007](/pictures/thumb/237578.jpg?v=1557368747)
Castro Street Fair: 34th annual [program] Where everyone can have a gay ol' time, Oct. 7, 2007
San Francisco: Castro Street Fair, 2007. Magazine. [60p] includes covers, 5.25x8.25 inches, photos, event schedule, ads, services and resources, very good digest -size program in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 237578
![Castro Street Fair: 37th annual [program] Get your Freak on! Oct. 3, 2010](/pictures/thumb/237949.jpg?v=1557976159)
Castro Street Fair: 37th annual [program] Get your Freak on! Oct. 3, 2010
San Francisco: Castro Street Fair, 2010. Magazine. [44p] includes covers, 5.25x8.25 inches, photos, event schedule, ads, services and resources, very good digest -size program in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 237949
![Castro Street Fair: 40th anniversary [program] starring Peaches, October 6th, 2013](/pictures/thumb/233959.jpg?v=1548905906)
Castro Street Fair: 40th anniversary [program] starring Peaches, October 6th, 2013
San Francisco: Castro Street Fair, 2013. Magazine. [40p] 5.25x8.25 inches, photos, event schedule, ads, services and resources, very good digest -size program in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 233959
Castro Sweep Police Riot: October 6, 1989
San Francisco: Castro Sweep Project, 1999. 4p., 5.5x8.5 inches, pamphlet accompanying the exhibition "marking the 10th anniversary of the Castro Sweep police riot ... the single most massive official attack on queer human rights in the history of San Francisco" - p. 2, very good in pictorial self-wraps. Cover photo..... More
Cat.No: 119007
Castro Theatre Calendars: six calendars, October 2006 - July 13, 2008
San Francisco: The Castro Theatre, 2006-2008. Calendar. Six brochure-style glossy calendars folded to 7x9 inches printed both sides in full-color on glossy stock. Calendars for Oct. 27, 2006 - January 4, 2007; March 9 - April25, 2007; October 5 - December 1, 1007; December 2, 2007 - February 8, 2009;..... More
Cat.No: 237015
Castro Theatre Winter '97 program calendar
San Francisco: Castro Theatre, 1997. Newspaper. Large broadside folded to 8.5x11 inches, heavy white newsprint, color cover still from "The Graduate", calendar on rear, inside find detailed descriptions of the various films accompanied by b&w still shots, introduction with monochrome shots, very good. More
Cat.No: 229822
Catalina Video: vol. 2, #1, January 1983 edition: 'Warehouse' delivers its load!
Los Angeles: Catalina Video, 1983. 4p., folded tabloid format, photos, advertising catalog & newsletter for the gay porn distribution company. More
Cat.No: 236862
Catherine's House: a respite and retreat for people with HIV/AIDS and their caregivers [brochure]
Sheep Ranch, CA: Earth Abides Land Trust, [2001?]. Six panel brochure folded to 3.5x8.5 inches, glossy stockmission statement, history, transportation, featurestwo small b&w photos, very good. The organization was Earth Abides Land Trust and Catholic Worker Farm founded in 1976. A community connected to the CW Movement. Catherine's House named..... More
Cat.No: 255197
Caucus Connections: publication of the Gay and Lesbian Caucus of the NEA; vol. 8, #2, December 1995; History resolution sparks debate
Kent: GLC/National Education Association, 1995. 8p. includes covers, 8.5x11 inches, news, reports, services and resources, very good newsletter of folded, nested sheets. More
Cat.No: 229438
Causes in Common: reproductive justice & LGBT liberation [brochure]
New York: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, [2010s]. Six-panel brochure folded to6x9 inches, color photos, organization information, detachable mailer-card, very good on heavy glossy stock. A national organizing initiative. More
Cat.No: 237579
Cecil Knockherworst Weatherbee commemorates the second hanging of Sweet Lips: April 1972 [pinback button]
San Francisco: n.pub. 1972. 1.75 inch diameter button, black text on a white background with red lips; very good. Sweet Lips, a.k.a. Richard Walters, was a columnist for the Bay Area Reporter focusing on the gay gossip of the Polk and Tenderloin areas. More
Cat.No: 229060
Cecil Knockherworst Weatherbee commemorates the third hanging of Sweet Lips: April 1973 [pinback button]
San Francisco: Mfg. by Dave Valentine, 1973. Oval button, about 2.75 inches across, in a slightly convex shape so that the lips appear to bulge out. Sweet Lips, a.k.a. Richard Walters, was a columnist for the Bay Area Reporter focusing on the gay gossip of the Polk and Tenderloin areas..... More
Cat.No: 229059
Celebration '90" newsletter of Gay Games III and Cultural festival, August 4-11, 1990 #5, Nov./Dec. '88
Vancouver: Metropolitan Vancouver Athletic & Arts Association, 1988. Newspaper. 8p., folded tabloid newspaper, articles, photos, teams, resources, very good on newsprint. Below the fold article on San Francisco Athletics dissolving the organization and passing on sponsorship of the games by Summer of 1989. More
Cat.No: 215659
The Celebration '90: Gay Games III and Cultural Festival, official program, August 4-11, 1990, Vancouver
Vancouver: Metropolitan Vancouver Athletics and Arts Association, 1990. Magazine. 75p., + ads, 8.5x11 inches, events, ads, resources and services, very good souvenir magazine in stapled purple pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 74199
Center for Special Problems [brochure]
San Francisco: The Center, [1980s?]. Six-panel brochure folded to 3.5x8.5 inches, list of bullet-point questions teens ask themselves, Who we are, services we offer, very good on heavy orange stock with drawing of hands and flower on front panel, hand-corrected phone number. The Center was a division of the City..... More
Cat.No: 244543
Center Stage: vol. 2, #7, Feb. 1989 - April 1991 (broken run of 6 issues)
New York: Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, 1989-91. Six issues, various pagination, 5.5x8.5 inches, photos, reviews of Broadway and Off Broadway shows, very good first edition booklets in stapled pictorial wraps. Issues include: 2:7, 11, 12, 3:2June/July 1990 & April 1991. At some point the publishers dropped the volume..... More
Cat.No: 184270
The Center's 15th Anniversary Dinner & Dance [souvenir program]
Los Angeles: The Gay & Lesbian Community Services Center, 1986. Magazine. [40p] 8.5x11 inches, program for the event, photos, ads, very good souvenir program in glossy white stapled pictorial wraps. The event took place November 22, 1986 at the Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles Ballroom and starred Miss Peggy Lee..... More
Cat.No: 209789
Centerstone: the news magazine of the Stonewall Alliance of Chico; [five issue broken run]
Chico, CA: Stonewall Alliance of Chico, 1991-1996. Five issues, various pagination, 8.5x11 inches, stapled sheets and booklets, news, features, eventys, resources, photos, calendars, local ads, some hole-punch otherwise very good newsletters. Issues included are: 1:Winter/Spring 1991, 1:10 Summer 1993, 2:1, Jan. 1996, 2:7 July 1996 & 2:10 Oct. 1996. Several..... More
Cat.No: 198768
Cerebral: fetish, dance, sex; #23
Antwerp: Cerebral Fetish, 2012. 58p. includes covers, 4.25x5.75 inches, erotic fetish photos, ads, events, very good glossy pocket-size magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Includes a report on Folsom International - Europe. More
Cat.No: 253612
The Challenge and Progress of Homosexual Law Reform
San Francisco: Council on Religion and the Homosexual/Daughters of Bilitis/SIR & tavern Guild, 1968. 72p., 5.5x8.5 inches, introduction, notes, list of homophile organizations, lightly worn wraps, staples are rusted otherwise quite good. Essays on Homosexuality, #2. More
Cat.No: 186063
![Change the Face of Television [brochure] In the Life Club](/pictures/thumb/215591.jpg?v=1496289036)
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
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