Manscape 2: #9, Winter 1987...
Lewis, Jackie, editor & publisher...
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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Able-Together Open Form Letter [handbill]
San Francisco: Able-Together, [1980s?]. Single 8.5x11 inch handbill/form letter printed one side on bright pink stock, very good. A form letter to be mailed to people submitting personal ads whose names do not clearly identify gender. Able-Together was restricted to disabled or disabled-aware bisexual or gay men only. The organization..... More
Cat.No: 238785
![Absolutely Ambiguous Productions present a Celebration of Bi Pride [program] Friday June 27, SF...](/pictures/thumb/250569.jpg?v=1587001849)
Absolutely Ambiguous Productions present a Celebration of Bi Pride [program] Friday June 27, SF Pride Weekend
San Francisco: Absolutely Ambiguous Productions, 1997. Four-panel program folded to5.5x8.5 inches, film program with small b&w stills inside, lightly-worn. 1997 bi Short Film and Video Fest followed by the 2nd Annual Fencesitters Ball. More
Cat.No: 250569
Accion en SIDA: boletin internacional sobre prevencion y atencion del SIDA numero 25, Abril-Junio 1995; Primero los jovenes!
Mexico City: Colectivo Sol, 1995. Magazine. 16p. includes covers, 8.5x11 inches, text in Spanish, articles, reports, services and resources, events, photos, very good newsletter in stapled wraps. More
Cat.No: 237544
Achilles Heel: an anti-sexist men's magazine #6&7; Sexuality issue [double issue]
London: Men's Free Press Collective, [1982]. Magazine. 64p., 8x11.75 inches, illustrations, photos, essays, poetry, very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Double issue. More
Cat.No: 219469
ACLU CRC Fifth Annual Human Rights Award: fight for freedom, October 4, 1981
Los Angeles: Gay Rights Chapter, American Civil Liberties Union, Southern California, 1981. Magazine. 24p., 8.5x11 inches, ads, photos, program, very good booklet in stapled white pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 19894
ACLU of Northern California Gay Rights Chapter [brochures]
San Francisco: ACLU/GRC, [1970S-1990S?]. Four 3.5x8.5 inch brochures of various pagination and on various color stock, very good. No dates on most of these brochures but one is clearly from 1977 as it provides a membership application for 1977. More
Cat.No: 242826
Acme Man '75 souvenir program
San Francisco: Acme Brewing Company/Society for Individual Rights [SIR], 1975. Magazine. 32p., 8.5x11inches, each page a full-page b&w photograph of a barechested man, captioned with his name and sponsoring business very good in stapled decorative white wraps. More
Cat.No: 85938
ACT UP / San Francisco vol. 2, #1, February-March 1990
San Francisco: ACT UP/San Francisco, 1990. 5p., 8.5x11 inches, photos, news, actions, events, newsletter on nested sheets. More
Cat.No: 198593
ACT UP / San Francisco volume 1 number 4, July-August 1989
San Francisco: ACT UP/San Francisco, 1989. handbill leaflet. 7p., 8.5x11 inches, photos, news, actions, events, newsletter on nested sheets, stain at bottom of front cover. Issued before the local branch split off from the national ACT UP organization; includes items by Michael Thompson, Eric Slade, David Stern, Sean McShee, and..... More
Cat.No: 198592
Actors Repertory Theatre presents "Falsettos" playbill
Las Vegas, NV: ART, 1996. [8p] includes covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, actor bios, very good program on glossy stock in stapled white pictorial wraps, ticket stub laid-in. More
Cat.No: 244702
Added Dimensions Publishing brochures [four advertising brochures/catalogs]
Los Angeles: Added Dimensions Pub. 1990s. Three brochures and one pamphlet, six-panel folded brochures and a 12 page stapled 5.5x8.5 inch booklet, explicit photos and drawings, product descriptions and prices, order forms, very good on white stock. Includes Private Photo Collection catalogue and brochures for various penis enlargement methods, photo..... More
Cat.No: 226384
Advance: the monthly bulletin of SF AIDS Foundation Three issues
San Francisco: SF AIDS Foundation, 1990 & 1992. Three issue broken run, 4p. each, 8.5x11 inches, articles, reports, services and resources, photos, events, very good newsletters. Issues included are: 1:4 & 5 and 3:8, Oct. & Nov. 1990 and Oct. 1992. More
Cat.No: 234422
The Advocate: news release [single sheet]
Los Angeles: The Advocate, 1971. Single 8.5x11 inch sheet on Advocate letterhead, printed one-side only, very good. A news release concerning Jimmy Hughes winning The Groovy Guy contest for 1971. More
Cat.No: 200384
After Amsterdam: sexual orientation and the European Union, a guide
Brussels: IGLA-Europe, September 1999. [76p] 5.5x8 inches, very good first edition booklet in stapled wraps. The pages are slightly misnumbered. More
Cat.No: 119682
After Dark: magazine of entertainment vol. 3, #3 July 1970 (misnumbered as vol. 12)
New York: Dance Magazine, 1970. Magazine. 84p. including covers 8.5x11 inches, articles, features, reviews, listings, illustrated with b&w photos and ads, lightly-worn, otherwise a very good semi-glossy entertainment magazine in lightly-worn stapled pictorial wraps. Cover story on Zoe Caldwell as "Colette" etc. The numbering of the volumes is illogical in..... More
Cat.No: 189933
After Dark: magazine of entertainment vol. 5, #6, October 1972
New York: Dance Magazine, 1972. Magazine. 86p. including covers 8.5x11 inches, articles, features, reviews, listings, illustrated with b&w photos and ads, very good semi-glossy entertainment magazine in lightly-worn stapled pictorial wraps. Joseph Hardy, Dory Previn, Marjoe Gortner, Frederic Forrest, David Bowie(cover shot).The numbering of the volumes is illogical in the..... More
Cat.No: 187088
After the Loss
San Francisco: Visiting Nurses & Hospice of San Francisco Hospice Programs, [1980s]. 15p., 8.5x5.5 inches landscape layout, introduction, rusty staples otherwise a very good booklet in stapled white wraps. Guide to dealing with AIDS/ARC patirnts. More
Cat.No: 239068
After the Parade!!! Fag Club Party [handbill]
San Francisco: The Club, June 1988. Single 8.5x11 inch handbillcheaply photocopies on white stock, worn, stamped Jun. 1988, drawing of two men kissing. A handbill announcing Gay Pride parade related parties at the Haight Street gay bar. More
Cat.No: 254875
An Afternoon of Solidarity with Gay Men in Prison [handbill]
San Francisco: Join Hands, [1979]. 8.5x11 inch handbill, with depiction of butterflies escaping through a prison door. Corner creased, otherwise very good. Orange paperstock. More
Cat.No: 214615
AID & Comfort II: Bay Area restaurants, hotels, and the University of California at Berkeley Benefit Concert and Culinary Event for People Fighting AIDS September 22, 1990 [souvenir program]
Berkeley: University of California at Berkeley et al, 1990. [52p] includes covers, 9x12 inches, event program, biographies and photos of the performers, ads, very good souvenir program book in stapled cream wraps with the Chinese character for Ci or 'Compassion' on cover. The event Master of Ceremonies was Laurie Anderson..... More
Cat.No: 219480
AID & Comfort II: Bay Area restaurants, hotels, and the University of California at Berkeley Benefit Concert and Culinary Event for People Fighting AIDS September 22, 1990 [souvenir program]
Berkeley: University of California at Berkeley et al, 1990. [52p] includes covers, 9x12 inches, event program, biographies and photos of the performers, ads, very good souvenir program book in stapled cream wraps with the Chinese character for Ci or 'Compassion' on cover, includes a folded 17x17 inch red & white..... More
Cat.No: 240494
![AIDS & addiction in America: [playbill] West Covina Hospital, July 9, 1988](/pictures/thumb/145307.jpg?v=1490839777)
AIDS & addiction in America: [playbill] West Covina Hospital, July 9, 1988
West Covina: West Covina Hospital, The Im mune Supression Unit and Renaissance Chemical Dependency Unit, 1988. 4 panel conference program, 6x8.5 inches, very good in stiff gray wraps. Speakers and performers included Robert Coffman, Doug Holsclaw, Pat Meyers, Dr. Germain Maisonet, Susan Dockery, Theatre Rhinoceros. More
Cat.No: 145307
AIDS & Cancer Specimen Bank [brochure]
San Francisco: UCSF ACSB/National Cancer Inst. [2008?]. Six-panel brochure, 3.75x8.5 inches, green and black ink on heavy white stock, very good. The ACSB was initiated in 2007 and may have concluded in 2011. This brochure explains the ACSB and its goals, lists the available specimens (noting that at the time..... More
Cat.No: 199326
AIDS & HIV: the issue is life; treatment information & access [brochure]
San Francisco: HAF: Healing Alternatives Foundation, [1980s]. Six-panel brochure folded to 3.5x8.5 inches, very good brochure on heavy blue stock. The Foundation formed in 1987 as a "buyer's club" for AIDS treatments and literature. More
Cat.No: 238323
AIDS & the Health Care Provider [brochure]
New Haven: Advanced Imaging, [199-?]. Six-panel. 3.5x8.5 inch folded brochure for the videocasette, very good blue text and photos on white stock. Advertisement with order form for the 3/4 inch U-Matic and 1/2 inch VHS tapes. More
Cat.No: 127881
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