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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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 about Causes in Common: reproductive justice & LGBT liberation [brochure
Cat.No: 237579
CCR newsletter: vol. 2, #2, March, 1978; Anti-Bryant Crusade
Phoenix: Citizens for Constitutional Rights, 1978. [8p] 8.5x11 inches, articles, news, editorials, services and resources, local ads, events, services and resources, mild toning otherwise a very good newsletter in stapled wraps. Cover stories and letter to the editor deploring Anita Bryant. More about CCR newsletter: vol. 2, #2, March, 1978; Anti-Bryant Crusade
Cat.No: 229440
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 about Celebration '90" newsletter of Gay Games III and Cultural festival, August 4-11, 1990 #5,...
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 about The Celebration '90: Gay Games III and Cultural Festival, official program, August 4-11, 1990,...
Cat.No: 74199
Center stage: vol. 2, no. 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. More about Center stage: vol. 2, no. 7, Feb. 1989 - April 1991 (broken run of 6 issues
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 as the entertainment. More about The Center's 15th Anniversary Dinner & Dance [souvenir program
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 have mailing labels address to José Sarria! More about Centerstone: the news magazine of the Stonewall Alliance of Chico; [five issue broken run
Cat.No: 198768
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 about The Challenge and Progress of Homosexual Law Reform
Cat.No: 186063
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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 about Change the Face of Television [brochure] In the Life Club
Cat.No: 215591
Changes: no. 3, spring 1974
Simpsonville, MD: Changes/PEER Collective, 1974. Newspaper. 44p. folded tabloid newspaper in two sections, comix, political cartoons, radical columns, news, services, very good on newsprint. Underground radical political newspaper. Articles on the murder of George Jackson in prison, Racism in Hopward County, LGBT and Women's Rights, Black Panthers, the US still... More about Changes: no. 3, spring 1974
Cat.No: 186520
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 about Changing men: issues in gender, sex and politics; #15, Fall 1985: Men confronting pornography issue
Cat.No: 189190
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 about Cheaters San Francisco Convention 1984 [program
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 about Chicago Filmmakers presents the 11th Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival...
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, 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, the Moral Majority and the media portray us..."... More about Child care in the best interest of the children... Volunteers needed. Lesbian/Gay Freedom Day...
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 about China: AIDS and the epidemic of capitalism; reprinted from Revolutionary Worker #1116, August 26,...
Cat.No: 121227
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 about Christopher Street West/Los Angeles 1991 Together in Pride souvenir program gay and Lesbian Pride...
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 about The Church and the Homosexual
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 about The Church for Unity and Service: a church for us [handbill
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 about Cinéaste; vol. 6, #1; Costa-Garvis on "State of Siege"
Cat.No: 166139
Cinema VPRO: Homosexualiteit in de film; number 2, Januari Februari Maart April 1985
Hilversum: VPRO-Cinema, 1985. Magazine. 24p., 8.5x12 inch magazine, illustrated with film stills, text in Dutch, stapled pictorial wraps with cover photo of Ramon Novarro. 11p. article on homosexuality in film in the Dutch film magazine. More about Cinema VPRO: Homosexualiteit in de film; number 2, Januari Februari Maart April 1985
Cat.No: 67457
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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 about Cité Guide Magazine [aka Guide magazine: San Francisco] volume 1, numbers 1-6 & Guide #1...
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 about Citireport formerly "The Pettit report" on the politics of San Francisco: vol.9,...
Cat.No: 236864
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 about A Class Act: Classical Action, a concerted effort against AIDS February 20, 1995 [souvenir program
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 about CLAW 11: Cleveland Leather Awareness Weekend 2012 Yearbook April 26-29
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 about CLAW 12: Cleveland Leather Awareness Weekend 2013 Yearbook April 25-28
Cat.No: 238660
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