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.
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 to 6x9 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
Celebrate Diversity [rainbow bumper sticker]
Hampton, CT: Donnelly/Colt Graphics, no date. 11.5x3 inch bumper sticker with white block text over a rainbow flag field. More
Cat.No: 260284
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
The Center Dinner program 1988
Garden Grove, CA: The Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Orange County, 1988. Magazine. [48p] includes covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, history of the Center, program of the event, ads, very good booklet in stapled glossy pictorial wraps. Second dinner. More
Cat.No: 258227
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
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
Change: a working woman's newspaper. Volume 2, No. 7, Oct-Nov 1972
San Francisco, CA: Change, 1972. Newspaper. 8p., folded tabloid newspaper, features, photos, comic strip, evenly toned, worn, stamped "Received" on cover, adress label on rear wrap else good condition on newsprint. Cover stories are "Elections", "Gay at Work", "Strike at Foremost", and "Welfare" More
Cat.No: 187706
Changing Men: issues in gender, sex and politics; #15, Fall 1985: Men confronting pornography issue
Madison: University YMCA Community Center, 1985. Magazine. 48p., 8.25x10.5 inches, features, essays, reviews, illustrations, very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Formerly known as "M. gentle men for gender justice" More
Cat.No: 189190
The Channel newsletter: [13 issue broken run]
San Francisco: TGSF/ Transgender San Francisco formerly ETVC, Inc., 2000-2003. Magazine. Thirteen issue broken run, various pagination, 8.5x11 inches, illustrated with b&w photos, very worn and stained, poor condition, all copies stapled upper-left corner. House organ for transgender organization. Originally called ETVC Newsletter up until about volume 16, rechristened The..... More
Cat.No: 259286
The Channel newsletter: [7 issue broken run]
San Francisco: TGSF/ Transgender San Francisco formerly ETVC, Inc., 2000-2004. Magazine. Seven issue broken run, various pagination, 8.5x11 inches, illustrated with b&w photos, lightly-worn newsletters in stapled wraps with 3-hole punch in left margin for binding. House organ for transgender organization. Originally called ETVC Newsletter up until about volume 16..... More
Cat.No: 244181
Chase Products & FPN6D Services Price Update Information [sex devices]
Novi, MI: Chase Products, 1995. Single 8.5xaa inch product sheet with illustrations of the devices, descriptions and prices stapled to payment sheet and order form and original envelope. The medical-type sexual torture devices include The Electric Visible Ball Crusher, Syringe Kit for injecting Sterile Lubricant in the urethra, Foley catheters..... More
Cat.No: 262608
Cheaters San Francisco Convention 1984 [program]
San Francisco: Cheaters SF, 1984. 24p., 5.5x8.5 inches, event schedule, ads, illustrations, very good program booklet in stapled white and blue wraps. Program for gay motorcycle club convention. More
Cat.No: 232014
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
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
Chippendales 1986 Calendar
Los Angeles: Chippendales, 1985. Calendar. [44p] 8.5x11 inches, wall calendare illustrated with fulkl-color photos of the men of Chippendales, lightly-used in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 257543
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