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.
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...
San Francisco: The Church for Unity and Service, 1983. Handbill. 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..... More
Cat.No: 206911
Cité Guide Magazine [aka Guide magazine: San Francisco] volume 1...
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...
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...
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...
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 1981: San Francisco's Most Outrageous Coming Out Party!...
San Francisco: Robert Michael Prods. 1981. Pamphlet. Four panel program folded to 5.5x8.5 inches, order of events, Closet Ball past winners, Credits, Closet Ball Contestants. ads, coffee stains and horizontal and vertical folds for pocketing. Occurred at Japan Center Theatre on May 16, 1981. Program for the crossdresser's Ball. More
Cat.No: 287849
Closet Ball 1985; San Francisco's most outrageous coming out party!...
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!...
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!...
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!...
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
Clubcard Printing Sample packet
San Francisco: Clubcard printing, no date. Sealed mylar bag of sample postcards, stickers, mailers, business cards available from the printing company with sizes and prices on rear, unopened. The SF printer specializes in LGBTQ clubs, bars and vents. More
Cat.No: 260265
Coalition for Human Rights
San Francisco: Coalition for Human Rights, [1977]. Six-panel brochure, 3.75x8.5 inches, very good, Introduction to the group. "The Coalition for Human Rights, formed June 20, 1977, is the largest political action organization of lesbians and gay men in the Bay Area..." Dated by notice of support for Agnos' bill AB..... More
Cat.No: 189391
Collection of 21 handouts and handbills on teens and HIV/AIDS...
no place: various publishers, [1990s]. Handbill. Twenty-one handbills and handouts, mostly one-sheets but several handouts are multiple stapled sheets, 8.5x11 inches all, various color stocks, some markings and wear else good. Syphilis Rates Soaring Among SF Teenagers by Nanette Asimov, Special Programs for Youth Counseling for HIV Testing, Referral List..... More
Cat.No: 287041
Color lines; race culture action, volume 1, no. 1, summer...
Oakland: Applied Research Center and the Center for Third World Organizing, 1998-2005. various pagination, illus. Twenty-eight issues including a special (unnumbered) issue from December, 2001 on the war on terrorism. This incomplete run of the 8.25x11 inch radical multicultural quarterly is missing Vol. 7 Nos. 2 and 4 and Vol..... More
Cat.No: 130637
Colorado AIDS Project [handbill]
Denver: Colorado AIDS Project, no date. Handbill. 8.5x11 inch handbill printed one side only with information and folded twice for mailing, very good on glossy stock. More
Cat.No: 297012
Columbia FunMaps: mapping the gay and lesbian world; Manhattan, 1995...
Maplewood: Columbia FunMaps, 1994. Map. Folded map, 4x9.5 inches, LGBTQ bars, hotels, restaurants, theatres, shops, services & resources, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 288705
Columbia FunMaps: mapping the gay and lesbian world; Palm Springs;...
Maplewood: Columbia FunMaps, 2001. Map. 40p. folding map, brochure, 4x9.5 inches, map, information, things to do, services and resources, guide to the LGBTQ interests in Palm Springs and environs, ads, reviews, lists, contacts, very good. More
Cat.No: 285688
Columbia FunMaps: mapping the gay and lesbian world; San Francisco...
Maplewood: Columbia FunMaps, 1994, 1998, 2002 & 2004. Pamphlet. Four folded color maps/directory brochures, two on glossy stock, guides to the LGBTQ interests in subject cities, ads, reviews, lists, contacts, very good. More
Cat.No: 243215
The Young and Evil
Ford, Charles [Henri] and Parker Tyler
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