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.
Announcing the Fourth Annual Lambda Literary Awards Banquet [brochure] Friday, May 22, 1992, The Anaheim Hilton, Anaheim, CA, emcee: Kate Clinton, lecture by Adrienne Rich
Washington: Lambda Rising Book Report, 1992. Six-panel brochure with the nominees and with registration information, mild toning. More
Cat.No: 258279
Announcing the Sixth Annual Lambda Literary Awards Banquet [brochure] Friday, May 27, 1994, The Biltmore, Los Angeles, CA, emcee: Kate Clinton
Washington: Lambda Rising Book Report, 1994. Six-panel brochure with the nominees and with registration information, ink note on cover. More
Cat.No: 258280
Announcing the Third Annual Lambda Literary Awards Banquet [brochure] Friday, May 31, 1991, The Grand Hyatt Hotel, NYC, emcee: Kate Clinton
Washington: Lambda Rising Book Report, 1991. Six-panel brochure with the nominees and with registration information. More
Cat.No: 258278
Annual Los Angeles International Gay & Lesbian Film & Video Festival [aka Outfest] [Seven schedules]
Los Angeles: Gay and Lesbian Media Coalition et al, 1988-2000. Newspaper. Five film schedule broadsheets folded to 8.5x11 inches and two pastebound magazine-style schedules, photos, descriptions, stills, very good on newsprint. Included are the 6th, 8th, 9th,10th, 14th, 17th & 18th schedules, 1988, 1990-1992, 1996, 1999 & 2000. More
Cat.No: 234257
Anti-Gravity Show No. 1. Up in the Air. Charles Biscuit Band. M&M Mime, plus special guest. Fri. May 19 [handbill]
San Francisco: Gay Community Center, [1978]. 8.5x11 inch handbill, folded for mailing, address and postage markings on the back, along with faint tape traces. More
Cat.No: 217168
Antiretroviral Agents for HIV [chart]
Ingelheim am Rheine: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, 2003. 13x11 inch wall chart printed both sides in color, front side depicting stages of HIV infextion with color graphic and verso a wall chart of daily dosing of available antiretroviral agents with color photos of the capsules and caplets. More
Cat.No: 224694
Archives Bulletin #5-A, June 1987
Hollywood: IGLA, 1987. 6p., 7.5x10 inches, very good simple interim newsletter of 3 sheets stapled upper-left corner. The IGLA Bulletin interim issue. Includes a report on the death of June Mazer, the recent publication by the Archives of a Book of Obits, a call for more space, the March on..... More
Cat.No: 237467
Are You a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Queer Youth Age 13-18? [handbill]
San Francisco: Family Acceptance Project/SF State University, 2003. Single 8.5x11 inch glossy handbill printed one side in English and one side in Spanish, some wear and ink marks. Invitation to an SFSU study of queer youth & families. Bilingual. Date stamped Feb 06 2003. More
Cat.No: 260998
Are You Being Discriminated Against Because of AIDS/ARC? [brochure]
San Francisco: San Francisco Human Rights Commission, [1986?]. Eight-panel brochure folded to 3.5x8.5 inches, information on legal rights, list of services and resources, very good on light blue stock with Coit Tower and other SF sites drawn on front panel. More
Cat.No: 238067
Are You Being Discriminated Against Because of Your Sexual Orientation? [brochure]
New York: The Lesbian & Gay Discrimination Documentation Project of the New York City Commission on Human Rights, [1985]. Eight-panel brochure folded to 3.5x8.5 inches, very good on peach stock. Includes extensive information on discrimation by employers and on the Project with community contacts including S.A.G.E. & B.W.M.T. More
Cat.No: 237940
Aris Project Community Newsletter and annual report to the community fiscal 1993-94 two items [newsletter and report]
San Jose: Aris Project, 1994. Two pieces, six-panel newsletter and six-panel report with fact sheet, services, resources, photos, reports, very good. The summer 1994 newsletter and fiscal report for the Santa Clara County AIDS and HIV support project. More
Cat.No: 234435
The Armed Services & Homosexuality
San Francisco: S.I.R./Society for Individual Rights, [1969?]. [16p] includes covers, 5.5x8.25 inches, introduction, the Policy, processing, suggestions, homophile organizations, very good pamphlet in stapled pictorial wraps. Essays on homosexuality, #1. More
Cat.No: 58358
The Arrow: bulletin of the Mackay Society #2
New York: Mackay Society, 1985. 4p., 6.5x8.5 inches, vertically folded wraps with photo of Mackay. Program for first annual meeting in New York and listing of events, with an announcement for a Hubert Kennedy talk on anarchism and free love. More
Cat.No: 133438
The Arrow: bulletin of the Mackay Society [6 issues]
New York: Mackay Society, 1985-1988. First six issues of the bulletin, Nos. 1-6, various pagination, ranging from 2 to 6p. each, Nos. 1-4 6.5x8.5 inches, Nos. 5 and 6 5.5x8.5 inches, some light wear, Nos. 2 and 4 fold-creased , No. 6 with lightly foxed front wrap else generally very..... More
Cat.No: 257272
The Arrow: bulletin of the Mackay Society, #3
New York: Mackay Society, Spring 1986. 8p., 7x8.5 inches, very good newsletter in stapled pictorial wraps. Includes report from the first annual meeting in New York. More
Cat.No: 144647
Art for AIDS: Friday, September 23, 2011, The Galleria at the San Francisco Design Center
San Francisco: AIDS Health Project, 2011. Magazine. 44p., 8.5x11 inches illustrations, photos, very good catalog for the event in stapled pictorial 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
Art: Eight color reproductions of erotic gay illustrations on glossy inkjet paper [artist unknown]
no place: no publisher, no date. Eight color reproductions on glossy 8.5x11 inch photo or inkjet paper, near fine condition. Appears to be inkjet reproduced photos of vintage (likely 1920s-40s) erotic postcards or plates from a book depicting European-style gay men in sailor suits and military gear engaged in explicit..... More
Cat.No: 253625
Artie Bressan's stirring film: Gay USA: the Politics of Celebration [handbill] Tenth Anniversary of its triumphant premiere, a film tribute to Arthur J. Bressan, Jr. 1943-1987
San Francisco: Castro Theatre, 1987. Single 8.5x11 inch handbill printed both sides very good on pink stock. Front side displays protesting gays holding aloft pickets with images of Hitler, Anita Bryant and a burning Cross. On verso are pull-quotes from reviews and a bio of Bressan. More
Cat.No: 243904
Artie Bressan's stirring film: Gay USA: the Politics of Celebration [handbill] Tenth Anniversary of its triumphant premiere, a film tribute to Arthur J. Bressan, Jr. 1943-1987
San Francisco: Castro Theatre, 1987. Single 8.5x11 inch handbill printed both sides very good on blue stock. Front side displays protesting gays holding aloft pickets with images of Hitler, Anita Bryant and a burning Cross. On verso are pull-quotes from reviews and a bio of Bressan. More
Cat.No: 243905
The Ascension from the Ashes of Hell into the Gates of Heaven: the Reign of Fire and Ice Sunday Evening October 13th, 1996, Ridpath Hotel
Spokane: The Imperial Sovereign Court of Spokane, 1996. [8p] includes covers, 5.25x8.5 inches, very good event program in stapled pictorial white wraps. Emperor XX Reed Kennedy Smith & Empress XXIV Tina Louise Sapphire. More
Cat.No: 237950
Ask the Questions. Find the Answers [brochure] Explore
San Francisco: Explore/SF Dept. of Public Health HIV Research Section/HIVNET, no date. Six-panel brochure folded to 3.5x8.5 inches, information on the study, the theory, past research, the risks and benefits, two photos, contact info, very good on bright yellow stock. Invitation to an HIV study. Likely post-2000. More
Cat.No: 242869
Ask Us Anything [brochure]
Boston: The Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Speakers Bureau, [1980s?]. Six-panel brochure folded to 3.5x8.5 inches, very good on heavy stock. The organization formed in 1972 and trained speakers to answer questions at schools, workplaces and in workshops. No mention of AIDS nor any mention of technology so likely late 1970s..... More
Cat.No: 237943
At the Center [three calendars]
San Francisco: SF Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center, 2002. Newspaper. Three event calendars on folded newsprint, color photos, wall calendar, news, services, resources and tenants, very good. Informational calendars in tabloid newspaper format for June, July and December at the Charles M. Holmes Campus at The Center, SF. More
Cat.No: 242276
At the Center: a monthly look at your community center vol. 1, #3, April 1991; Sacramento celebrates the Lavender Sweep
Sacramento: Lambda Center, 1991. [4p] includes covers, 8.5x11 inches, yellow handbill laid-in, news, reports, events, calendar, services and resources, very good newsletter. More
Cat.No: 237328
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