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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Art for AIDS; Friday, September 23, 2011, The Galleria at the San Francisco Design Center
San Francisco: AIDS Health Project, 2011. 44p., 8.5x11 inches illus. catalog for the event, wraps. More
Cat.No: 163259
Art With Heart: auction 2004; a fundraiser for Casey House Raise your paddle!
Toronto: Casey House & M.A.C. Viva Glam, 2004. Paperback. 120p., 9x6 inches landscape layout, letters, patrons, index of artists, illustrated with color reproductions of the works to be auctioned, very good first edition trade paperback catalog in pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 217308
Arts'/AIDS' communities: realizing the Archive Project; February 20-March 3, 1996, Cyclorama, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Boston: Visual AIDS/The Archive Project, 1996. 80p. exhibition catalog, illustrated with b&w photos and reproductions, in wraps. More
Cat.No: 104550
![Athletic Model Guild's Nude Wrestlers & Wrestling Information Catalog (volume 1 & 2) [two issues]](/pictures/thumb/141161.jpg?v=1484084950)
Athletic Model Guild's Nude Wrestlers & Wrestling Information Catalog (volume 1 & 2) [two issues]
Los Angeles: Athletic Model Guild, 1991. Magazine. First two issues, 32p. each, 5.25x8.25 inches, old price sticker on front wrap, illustrated with b&w explicit and graphic full-frontal photos of the models with catalog numbers relating to available VHS and Beta video tapes as well as cover and inner cover stills..... More
Cat.No: 141161
Atraccion para hombres: no. 42, agosto del 2002
Mexico City: Narciso Hernandez Vazquez, 2002. Magazine. 64p., 5.5x8 inches, text in Spanish, illustrated with b&w and color erotic photos, very good digest size magazine in stapled color pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 188128
Avatar #1 Sept./Oct. 1977
San Jose: Phoenix Publications, in affliation with the Gay Task Force of Central California, 1977. Magazine. [10p] 8.5x11 inches, ads, articles, some toning and edgewear, otherwise very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps, First and only issue of the gay local affairs publication, with cover photo of mayoral candidate Jim Self. More
Cat.No: 167714
The aWAKE Project; uniting against the African AIDS crisis
Nashville: W. PUblishing Group, 2002. Trade Paperback. xxi, 297p., wraps. A previous owner has made extensive pen notes in the table of contents, ostensibly for the purpose of creating an updated edition. Articles emanating from the AIDS and Africa conference, both political and religious. More
Cat.No: 124169
Aware: Life OUTside: the radio newsmagazine for the LGBT community media kit
Chicago: Aware & Life OUTside, [2002]. Media publicity kit in glossy blue folder with label affixed front cover, contains a CD of The Best of Life OUTside recordings, nine press releases on station stationery, from one to several stapled pages, a 5x7 inch color photo of the radio personalities, and... More
Cat.No: 204173
![Axis: a new play written and directed by David Alphin [handbill]](/pictures/thumb/202354.jpg?v=1484088228)
Axis: a new play written and directed by David Alphin [handbill]
San Francisco: New Performance Gallery, [1987]. Single 8.5x11 inch handbill in landscape format, printed one side only, abstract image, very good. More
Cat.No: 202354
B-Men number one (a special edition of the male-oriented ads that appear in BLK)
Los Angeles: Blk Publishing, 1993. Magazine. 24p. including covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, newsprint, personal ads, several hi-lighted in pink, otherwise a very good first edition booklet in stapled pictorial wraps, small closed tear on rear cover. More
Cat.No: 184332
Back Drop Club Information and Party Brochure May 1989 to December 1989
Sunnvale, CA: Back Drop Club, 1989. [16p] 8.5x11 inches, Club history and information, event and party calendar, application forms, membership rules and dues, very good in unbound nested sheets. House organ for the California BDSM club originally called The Menlo Park Scool of Bondage. More
Cat.No: 218854
Bar Rag; vol. 1 no. 3, First half of April 1971
LaVerne, CA: Pin Chinn, 1971. [12p] 8.5x11 inches, 6 single sheets, mimeographed, bar ads, bits and pieces of news, report on the Bay Area Reporter being sued, stapled at left, very good. Cheaply-produced free San Francisco gay bar newspaper. One holding located in OCLC as of 9/2015. More
Cat.No: 198581
![Barbary Coasters Motorcycle Club [invitation card]](/pictures/thumb/209712.jpg?v=1484089959)
Barbary Coasters Motorcycle Club [invitation card]
San Francisco: Barbary Coasters Motorcycle Club, 1986. Four panel invitation, 4.25x5.5 inches, cover logo, information printed on third panel, very good on heavy yellow stock. 20th anniversary celebration March 19, 1986 at Claifornia Club. More
Cat.No: 209712
![Baron - Montreal [pinback button]](/pictures/thumb/226446.jpg?v=1530159067)
Baron - Montreal [pinback button]
Montreal: Baron de Montreal, [no date]. Pinback Button. 1.5x1.5 inch square pinback button with two bears frolicking on a white field and the words Baron MTL in Centuryl Gothic font and Raoul Vennat Enr. and a phone number on edges, discoloration and rubbing to edges and a small spot of... More
Cat.No: 226446
The Bay Area Gay Alliance; what is BayGay?
San Francisco: Gay Alliance, [197-?]. Single 8.5x11 inch mimeographed handbill printed one side, with some a handwritten note in ink on back referring to a Prison Reform for Gays meeting at Duboce on rear, fold creases, discoloring, for organizational outreach. More
Cat.No: 72622
![Bay Area Physicians for Human Rights membership information [brochure]](/pictures/thumb/224328.jpg?v=1524713034)
Bay Area Physicians for Human Rights membership information [brochure]
San Francisco: BAPHR, [1970s?]. Six panel folded brochure, 3.75x8.5 inches, bullet -pointsinformations, application form, blue stock, also a folded 8.5x14 inch sex-act and health questionnaire laid-in with explicit lists of sex acts and diseases. More
Cat.No: 224328
![Bay Area Regional Rodeo programs 1993-1995 [three programs]](/pictures/thumb/218912.jpg?v=1507781400)
Bay Area Regional Rodeo programs 1993-1995 [three programs]
San Francisco: Golden State Gay Rodeo Association, Bay Area Chapter, 1993-1995. Magazine. Three issues of the program, various pagination, 8.5x11 inches, program, event calendar, photos, ads, resources, very good souvenir magazines in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 218912
Bear 2000 calendar with 2001 pull-out calendar poster
San Francisco: Brush Creek Media, 1999. Calendar. Twelve month wall calendar illustrated with photos of semi-nude gay male bears, 8.5x11 inches, new in shrinkwraps. More
Cat.No: 216737
Bearplay #3
Las Vegas, NV: Bear Omnimedia, 2011. Magazine. 36p., includes covers, 8.5x11 inches, explicit b&w photos of husky, hairy, nude men with erections, ads for videos, photos, magazines etc., very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 205758
Bears Ahead: Harrison Street Fair Weekend Official Program; Labor Day Weekend, August 31-Sept. 4, 2006
San Francisco: Harrison Street Fair, 2006. Magazine. [48p] includes covers, 5x8 inches, ads, events, schedule, photos, very good semi-glossy event program in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 220712
Beau: vol. 1, #5, February 1990; Humped by 3 Dudes!
Port Chester: Medi-Media Pub. Inc., 1990. Magazine. 116p. including covers, 5.25x8.25 inches, erotic fiction, reviews, articles, illustrated with b&w cartoons, explicit photos and ads for sex toys, lightly-worn digest size magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Special report: Gay Theatre since Stonewall. More
Cat.No: 187895
Beau: vol. 5, #1, June 1993; Used by a Butch Straight!
Port Chester: Medi-Media Pub. Inc., 1993. Magazine. 116p. including covers, 5.25x8.25 inches, erotic fiction, reviews, articles, illustrated with b&w cartoons, explicit photos and ads for sex toys, very good digest size magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 203759
Becoming Visible: the legacy of Stonewall, an exhibition on the history of New York's lesbian and gay communities, June 18-September 24, 1994
New York: The New York Public Library, 1994. [12p] 5.5x8.5 inches, illustrations, exhibition catalog, very good booklet in stapled blue pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 35862
Behind our backs & sumt'n to say: faggot sex & sissy speak; two magazines bound together
San Francisco: San Francisco AIDS Foundation at Bacchus Press, 1995. Paperback. 63p. & 51p., 9x12 inches, illustrations, resources for safe sex, AIDS, bound dos-a-dos, very good magazine in trade paper pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 179253
![Being Alive: People with HIV/AIDS Action Coalition newsletter July 1988, June and July 1997 [three issues]](/pictures/thumb/221417.jpg?v=1515645381)
Being Alive: People with HIV/AIDS Action Coalition newsletter July 1988, June and July 1997 [three issues]
Los Angeles: People with HIV/AIDS Action Coalition, 1988 & 1997. Three issue broken run, 8p., 20p. & 20p., 8.5x11 inches, articles, news, event calendars, services and resources, very good. More
Cat.No: 221417
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