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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1999 Roadrunner Regional Rodeo souvenir program, Corona Ranch & Rodeo Grounds, Phoenix, AZ, Jan. 15-17, 1999
Phoenix: AGRA/IGRA, 1999. Magazine. [16p] 8.5x11 inches, event schedule, ads, photos, very good souvenir program booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. Opening page dedicates this event to Matthew W. Shepard who was murdered in Wyoming two months earlier. More
Cat.No: 234817
2000 Roadrunner Regional Rodeo souvenir program, Corona Ranch & Rodeo Grounds, Phoenix, AZ, Jan. 15-17, 1999
Phoenix: AGRA/IGRA, 2000. Magazine. [24p] 8.5x11 inches, event schedule, ads, photos, very good souvenir program booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 234818
2001 Outfest: the 19th Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Film Guide July 12th-23rd
Los Angeles: Outfest, 2001. Magazine. 40p. includes covers, 8.25x10.75 inches, screenings, programs, information, photos, stills, ads, very good festival program in stapled decorative wraps on newsprint. More
Cat.No: 237701
2003 HIV prevention and social services in San Francisco, cover photography by Alice Heimsoth
San Francisco: AIDS Office, San Francisco Department of Public Health, 2003. Paperback. 234p., addresses and phone numbers, web sites, emails, short descriptions of various social services in SF, very good trade paperback in pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 140775
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2004 World Championship, International Gay and Lesbian Football Association [program] August 1 - 7, Golden gate Park Polo Fields, San Francisco, California
San Francisco: IGLFA, 2004. Magazine. 28p., 5.5x8.5 inches, ads, event schedule, color centerfold map of SF, very good program booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. Program for the LGBTQ Soccer contest. More
Cat.No: 234148
2006 fight HIV your way photography contest; presented by Reyataz (atazanavir sulfate) 200 mg/300 mg capsules
Princeton, NJ: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, 2007. 58p., 12x8.5 inches, profusely illus. with the contest photos. Rear pocket lacking prescribing information. Howard Grant of Oakland won the grand prize. More
Cat.No: 119087
2008 Watsonville Pride: bridging cultures, hearts and thoughts, unificando culturas, corazones y piensamientos Resource directory/directorio de recursos
Watsonville: SPOMOS LGBT, 2008. Magazine. 24p. includes covers, 5.5x7.5 inches, bilingual Spanish and English texts, ads, services and resources, events, very good booklet in stapled glossy white pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 225517
2011 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras: Say something; The official season guide
Sydney: Evolution Publishing, 2011. Magazine. 80p. includes covers, 7.75x10.5 inches, profusely illustrated program magazine, very good in colorful stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 251057
2014 ONE Archives annual report: the largest LGBT archive in the world
Los Angeles: ONE Archives, 2014. [8p] includes covers 7x9 inches, photos, very good brochure in glossy stapled pictorial wraps with montage of men in drag. Informational brochure for the LGBT archives in Los Angeles including color photos, a message from the director, pages on the archives, exhibitions, education opportunities, staff..... More
Cat.No: 202099
20th annual Folsom Street Fair, San Francisco: XX - celebrating twenty years of fun, frolic & fetish [program] Sunday, September 28th, 2003
San Francisco: HBKMedia, 2003. Magazine. 48p., 8.5x11 inches, ads, events, very good magazine format event program in glossy stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 204571
21st annual Folsom Street Fair, San Francisco: Official 2004 program Sunday, September 26th, 2004
San Francisco: H.A.F. Pub. 2004. Magazine. 56p., 8.5x11 inches, ads, events, very good magazine format event program in glossy stapled pictorial wraps. Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence interview and involvement. More
Cat.No: 197589
25 years and still cookin' at Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco, 25th anniversary 1995
Kearney, NE: Morris Press, 1995. Paperback. 116p., standard recipes, spiral-bound wraps. With two pages on the history of the gay ministry. More
Cat.No: 105883
25 Years of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride! Santa Cruz, CA June, 2000
Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz Gay Pride, 2000. [28p] 7x8.5 inches, event calendar, performers, speakers, ads, services and resources, very good parade program in stapled white pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 221540
The 25th annual Closet Ball; San Francisco's most outrageous coming out party! [souvenir program]
San Francisco: Robert Michael Productions, 1998. Magazine. [44p] 8.5x11 inches, photos, ads, program, bios, history very good magazine format program in black stapled pictorial wraps. Program for the crossdresser's Ball. More
Cat.No: 198030
26 June '94 / International Lesbian & Gay March [pinback button]
Hampton, CT: Donnelly/Colt Custom Printing, 1994. 1.75 inch pin with UN emblem over pink triangle, very good. Issued for the demonstration at the UN in New York. More
Cat.No: 186671
30 Years of Community: Sonoma County Pride June 2-4, 2017
LGBTQI Giving Circle, 2017. [20p] includes covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, local ads, event schedule etc., very good program booklet in stapled decorative wraps. More
Cat.No: 242599
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The 3rd Annual CCSF LGBTQ Film Festival [handbill] Join us in the Diego Rivera Theatre
San Francisco: Queer Alliance.Queer resource Center CCSF, [2002]. Single 8.5x11 inch handbill printed one side listing film schedule, very good on white stock. The films were Eric Slade's Harry Hay documentary "Hope Along the Wind" Sam Zolten's transgender documentary "Just Call Me Kade" and Jallen Rix's "The Last Dance Raid"..... More
Cat.No: 237723
3rd Lake Men Run / 73 [pinback button]
San Francisco: Mfg. by Dave Valentine, 1973. 1.5 inch diameter pin featuring a road runner being kissed by a snake wearing a leather cap. The road runner motif may indicate that this was issued by the Cycle Runners. More
Cat.No: 229075
42nd Annual Motorcycle & Leather Community Awards: Inter-Club Fund of San Francisco February 16, 2008
San Francisco: ICF-SF, 2008. 36p., 4x11 inches, photos, illustrations, ads, program schedule, member lists, photos of club badges, very good booklet in stapled glossy white wraps. More
Cat.No: 237589
The 4th Annual Harrison Streetfair Program; Bear Week Schedule of events, Sunday September 2
San Francisco: Harrison Street Fair, 2007. Magazine. [64p] includes covers, 5x8 inches, ads, events, schedule, photos, very good semi-glossy event program in stapled pictorial wraps. For Bears and Cubs and other furrys. More
Cat.No: 242391
4th annual In the Family Conference: Fostering therapies of resilience: a multidisciplinary gathering of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and straight-ally mental health professionals, June 1 - 3, 2001 - Cathedral Hill Hotel, San Francisco
Takoma Park, MD: In the Family, 2001. 17p., 8.5x11 inches, event program/schedule, descriptions, photos, keynote speakers, general information, registration form on rear cover, very good booklet in stapled lavender pictorial wraps. Also announced was a special pre-conference institute on Queer parenthood. More
Cat.No: 208825
The 5th Hanging of Sweetlips [brochure]
San Francisco: n. pub. 1975. [12p] includes covers, 4x9 inch brochure for the coronation event, programme, calendar of events, menu, very good in stapled hot-pink pictorial wraps. The event was held at Jackson's on Powell. More
Cat.No: 58414
6th annual Closet Ball: A benefit for Operation Concern Saturday, June 24, 1978, Kabuki Theatre
San Francisco: C.U.E. Inc, 1978. [36p] 7x8.5 inches, illustrated with small photos of the contestants from previous years (many in drag), ads, back cover a little silverfished otherwise very good in staplebound orange pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 177294
The 6th Annual Los Angeles International Gay and Lesbian Film and Video Festival: Directors Guild of America, July 8-20, 1988
Los Angeles: The Gay and Lesbian Media Coalition, 1988. Event calendar folded to 8.5x11 inches, film schedules, descriptions, very good on newsprint. More
Cat.No: 260115
The 8th Annual Los Angeles International Gay and Lesbian Film and Video Festival: July 6-12, 1990
Los Angeles: The Gay and Lesbian Media Coalition, 1990. Event calendar folded to 8.5x11 inches, film schedules, descriptions, very good on newsprint. More
Cat.No: 260111
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