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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Chicago Filmmakers presents the 11th Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival November 8-17, 1991
Chicago: Chicago Filmmakers, 1991. Newspaper. 8p. folded tabloid newspaper program for the festival with thumbnail film stills and film descriptions, times and dates, calendar, very good on newsprint. More
Cat.No: 236552
Chicago Gay Pride 1971: Gay Pride celebration June 20-27!
Chicago: Chicago Gay Pride, 1971. Newspaper. 24p. folded tabloid newspaper, photos, ads, art, cartoons, articles, news, heavily dampstained and wrinkled but complete and readable on newsprint. Includes a full-page ad for Maria Montez the Latin Dream, transexual female impersonator at The Blue Dahlia in nude pose. An Article on One..... More
Cat.No: 26402
Child care in the best interest of the children... Volunteers needed. Lesbian/Gay Freedom Day 6-27-82 [handbill]
San Francisco: Childcare Subcommittee, Lesbian/Gay Freedom Day Celebration, 1982. 8.5x14 inch handbill printed one side only on light blu stock, several creases, some foxing. "We lesbians and gay men must ally ourselves with children and young people and let them see we are not monstres as the Briggs, the Anitas..... More
Cat.No: 236641
China: AIDS and the epidemic of capitalism; reprinted from Revolutionary Worker #1116, August 26, 2001
[Cambridge: Revolution Books, 2001]. [12p] 5.5x8.5 inches, photos in text, very good pamphlet in stapled wraps. These reprints from the RCP's Revolutionary Worker argue that the restoration of capitalism in China made possible the spread of the epidemic. More
Cat.No: 121227
Christopher Street West/Los Angeles 1982 Awards Banquet [program]
Los Angeles: CSW/LA, 1982. Four-panel program 5.5x8.5 inches, executive committee, board members, alternates, program, on back cover explanations of the awrds, laid-in is a 4.5x6 inch four-panel double-folded mini-program listing award winners etc. The larger program is on heavy card stock and heavily toned at edges. More
Cat.No: 258276
Christopher Street West/Los Angeles 1983 Awards Banquet [program]
Los Angeles: CSW/LA, 1983. [12p] 5.5x8.5 inches, introduction to CSW, executive committee, board members, alternates, program, ads, very good booklet in stapled gray printed wraps. More
Cat.No: 258247
Christopher Street West/Los Angeles 1991 Together in Pride souvenir program gay and Lesbian Pride Celebration, West Hollywood, CA, June 22 and 23, 1991
West Hollywood: Christopher Street West Assoc. 1991. Magazine. 64p. includes covers, 8.5x11 inches, ads, event schedule, photos, services and resources, very good program booklet in stapled white pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 236893
The Church and the Homosexual
San Francisco: Citizens News, [1965?]. 4p., folded tabloid newspaper format on white heavier stock. Excerpts from the Wolfenden Report, Towards a Quaker View of Sex, and other documents which were included at one time with issues of Guy Strait's Citizens News and as reprints individually. More
Cat.No: 58366
The Church for Unity and Service: a church for us [handbill]
San Francisco: The Church for Unity and Service, 1983. Single 8.5x11 inch sheet printed recto-only, red ink on white stock, portrait of Rev. Charles Thorpe, announcement and other info, very good. Announcement for a special service on Sunday, June 26, 1983 for Lesbian/Gay Freedom Day Parade. Fifth year the Church..... More
Cat.No: 206911
Cinéaste; vol. 6, #1; Costa-Garvis on "State of Siege"
New York: Cineaste Publishers, 1973. 52p., 8.25x10.75 inches, photos, stills, very good film magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Radical American film questionaire part II, Male Chauvinist Musical by Robert patrick. More
Cat.No: 166139
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Cité Guide Magazine [aka Guide magazine: San Francisco] volume 1, numbers 1-6 & Guide #1 & 2 [8 issues]
San Francisco: Hot Wax Music Enterprises & Cité Guide, 1985-1986. Magazine. Eight issues, various pagination, 8.5x10.75 inches, events, listings, reviews, ads, articles, interviews, photos, very good entertainment magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. The Guide published by Hot Wax Music Enterprises became Cité Guide after only a few issues. Numbering on..... More
Cat.No: 197852
Citireport formerly "The Pettit report" on the politics of San Francisco: vol.9, numbers 1-3, Jan. 15, Feb. 1 & 15, 1988
San Francisco: Citireport, 1988. Three issue run, 6p. & 4p. each, 8.5x11 inches, single sheet laid-in first issue, articles, news, reports, very good newsletters. With issue 9:1 the ownership of The Pettit Report changed hands as did the position of Mayor of SF (Feinstein stepped down to Agnos) and thus..... More
Cat.No: 236864
Civil Rights Now
Winston-Salem, NC: Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, 1995. 44m [6]p., french-fold wraps, 6.5x9 inches, illus., wraps lightly worn and soiled, red marker line on first page else very good condition. Catalogue for the exhibit Civil Rights Now, held at the Southwestern Center for Contemporary Art from January 28-April 15, 1995..... More
Cat.No: 265806
A Class Act: Classical Action, a concerted effort against AIDS February 20, 1995 [souvenir program]
San Francisco: San Francisco Symphony et al, 1995. Magazine. 60p., 8.5x11 inches, photos, ads, tribute to James Hormel, organizations, donors, program notes, profiles, very good souvenir program in stapled glossy wraps. A fundraising concert/dance program featuring the San Francisco Symphony, Ballet, Opera and Performances. Performed at Davies Symphony Hall &..... More
Cat.No: 237340
CLAW 11: Cleveland Leather Awareness Weekend 2012 Yearbook April 26-29
Cleveland, OH: CLAW, 2012. Magazine. 104p. includes covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, b&w illustrations and photos, ads, services, resources, events, news, very good digest-size magazine program in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 238659
CLAW 12: Cleveland Leather Awareness Weekend 2013 Yearbook April 25-28
Cleveland, OH: CLAW, 2013. Magazine. 92p. includes covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, b&w illustrations and photos, ads, services, resources, events, news, very good digest-size magazine program in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 238660
CLAW 19: Cleveland Leather Awareness Weekend 2019 Yearbook April 25-28
Cleveland, OH: CLAW, 2019. Magazine. 126p. includes covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, b&w illustrations and photos, ads, services, resources, events, news, very good digest-size magazine program in stapled pictorial wraps. Rex cover illustration. More
Cat.No: 238661
CLAW 9: Cleveland Leather Awareness Weekend 2010 Yearbook April 22-25
Cleveland, OH: CLAW, 2010. Magazine. 64p. includes covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, b&w illustrations and photos, ads, services, resources, events, news, very good digest-size magazine program in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 238658
CLAW: Cleveland Leather Awareness Weekend; yearbooks [8 programs and 1 workshop pamphlet]
Cleveland, OH: CLAW, 2010-2019. Magazine. Eight program booklets, various pagination and one guide to workshops and forums in 2009, 5.5x8.5 inches, the programs are on glossy stapled stock with color covers and b&w illustrations and photos, ads, services, resources, events, news, very good magazines in stapled pictorial wraps. Included are..... More
Cat.No: 238611
Clínica Esperanza: programma de intervención temprana para VIH [handbill]
San Francisco: Mission Neighborhood Health center, [1980s-90s?]. Single 8.5x11 inch handbill printed both sides, one in Spanish and the verso in English, very good on goldenrod stock. Undated but with no mention of web sites or emails likely late 1980s to early 1990s. The Clínica Esperanza opened in the 1980s..... More
Cat.No: 258854
Closet Ball 1985; San Francisco's most outrageous coming out party! Japan Center Theatre, May 4, 1985
San Francisco: Robert Michael Productions, 1985. Magazine. 24p., 8.5x11 inches, illusustrated with photos of the contestants, ads, very good in stapled white glossy pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 13745
Closet Ball 1991; San Francisco's most outrageous coming out party! Gift Center Pavillion, August 24, 1991
San Francisco: Robert Michael Productions, 1991. [28p] 5.5x8.5 inches, photos, ads, program, bios, history very good booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. Program for the crossdresser's Ball. More
Cat.No: 202025
Closet Ball 1992; San Francisco's most outrageous coming out party! Gift Center Pavillion, October 3, 1992
San Francisco: Robert Michael Productions, 1992. [32p] 5.5x8.5 inches, photos, ads, program, bios, history very good booklet in stapled glossy pictorial wraps. Program for the crossdresser's Ball. More
Cat.No: 202027
Closet Ball 1993; San Francisco's most outrageous coming out party! Bimbo's September 11, 1993
San Francisco: Robert Michael Productions, 1993. [36p] 5.5x8.5 inches, photos, ads, program, bios, history very good booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. Program for the crossdresser's Ball. More
Cat.No: 187727
Closets are health hazards [pinback button]
Los Gatos, CA: Funky Slogans, n.d. 2.25 inch diameter pin, black text on tan background, very good. More
Cat.No: 197824
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