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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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 about The aWAKE Project; uniting against the African AIDS crisis
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 about Aware: Life OUTside: the radio newsmagazine for the LGBT community media kit
Cat.No: 204173
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 about Axis: a new play written and directed by David Alphin [handbill
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 about B-Men number one (a special edition of the male-oriented ads that appear in BLK
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 about Back Drop Club Information and Party Brochure May 1989 to December 1989
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 about Bar Rag; vol. 1 no. 3, First half of April 1971
Cat.No: 198581
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 about Barbary Coasters Motorcycle Club [invitation card
Cat.No: 209712
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 about Baron - Montreal [pinback button
Cat.No: 226446
Bay Area Brigade Uniform Celebration [handbill]
San Francisco: American Uniform Association, [1988]. Single 8.5x11 inch sheet handbill, black text and vignette on blue stock, very good. Features the logo of the AUA in upper left illustrated by sexy marine and soldier half out of uniforms. Dates are 6/24-6/26 at the SF Eagle Tavern. Stamped lower left... More about Bay Area Brigade Uniform Celebration [handbill
Cat.No: 204797
The Bay Area Gay Alliance: what is BayGay? [handbill]
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 about The Bay Area Gay Alliance: what is BayGay? [handbill
Cat.No: 72622
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 about Bay Area Physicians for Human Rights membership information [brochure
Cat.No: 224328
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 about Bay Area Regional Rodeo programs 1993-1995 [three programs
Cat.No: 218912
Baylands Family Circle: under the Billy DeFrank Community Center umbrella of non-profit groups; October & November/December 1996 [2 issues]
San Jose: Baylands/Billy DeFrank, 1996. Two issues, 8p. & 12p., 8.5x11 inches, news, articles, services and resources, events, very good newsletters on pink and gray stocks. More about Baylands Family Circle: under the Billy DeFrank Community Center umbrella of non-profit groups;...
Cat.No: 236113
Beach Adonis vol. 1, #6, May, 1967
New York: Young Physique Pub. Inc., 1967. Magazine. 52p. includes covers, 8.5x11 inches, nude and semi-nude male physique photos with posing pouches and swim trunks, unfortunately dampstained at bottom corner through out and with light wear, magazine in stapled color pictorial wraps. Pat Ford, Frank Nisi, Steve Reno, Tom Hart... More about Beach Adonis vol. 1, #6, May, 1967
Cat.No: 235584
Bearmen '94: a year of all-American, naked, hairy men [calendar]
San Francisco: Brush Creek Media, 1993. Calendar. [28p] includes covers, 8.25x10.75 inches, explicit b&w photos of gay hairy men in action, light wear, closed tear on spine fold, calendar in stapled pictorial wraps. Also includes information on birthdays, anniversaries, and events. A centerfold and the definitive listing of Bear Clubs..... More about Bearmen '94: a year of all-American, naked, hairy men [calendar
Cat.No: 237274
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 about Bearplay #3
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 about Bears Ahead: Harrison Street Fair Weekend Official Program; Labor Day Weekend, August 31-Sept. 4,...
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 about Beau: vol. 1, #5, February 1990; Humped by 3 Dudes!
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 about Beau: vol. 5, #1, June 1993; Used by a Butch Straight!
Cat.No: 203759
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 about Behind our backs & sumt'n to say: faggot sex & sissy speak; two magazines bound together
Cat.No: 179253
Being Alive: People with HIV/AIDS Action Coalition newsletter [seven issues]
Los Angeles: People with HIV/AIDS Action Coalition, 1988-2000. Seven issue broken run,various pagination, 8.5x11 inches, articles, news, event calendars, services and resources, very good. July 1988, June 1995, February, June, and July 1997, September 1999 & December 1999/January 2000. More about Being Alive: People with HIV/AIDS Action Coalition newsletter [seven issues
Cat.No: 221417
Berkeley Public Library's Annual Lesbian & Gay Author Reading: a unique and comfortable opportunity for cross-cultural dialog between the gay and straight communities [handbill] Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Darieck Scott & Canyon Sam
Berkeley: Friends of the Library, no date. Single 11x8.5 inch handbill in landscape format on lavender stock with photos of the three authors and event information, lightly-stained otherwise good. More about Berkeley Public Library's Annual Lesbian & Gay Author Reading: a unique and comfortable...
Cat.No: 229999
Berlin & Beyond #13: new films from Germany, Austria & Switzerland January 10-16 at The Castro
San Francisco: Goethe-Institut, 2008. Magazine. [32p] 8x10.5 inches, filmographies, bios, schedules, stills, ads, very good program for the festival in stapled white pictorial wraps. More about Berlin & Beyond #13: new films from Germany, Austria & Switzerland January 10-16 at The...
Cat.No: 234258
The Best Defense Against AIDS is Information [brochure]
San Francisco: San Francisco AIDS Foundation, [1985]. Eight-panel brochure folded to 3.5x8.5 inches, graph of national AIDS cases from 1979 to 1984 including deaths, resources, very good on semi-glossy stock with light blue cover. More about The Best Defense Against AIDS is Information [brochure
Cat.No: 238071
BETA: Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS; June 1989 - Summer 2008 (broken run of 21 issues and a summary sheet)
San Francisco: The San Francisco AIDS Foundation, 1989-2008. Magazine. Twenty-one issue run, various paginations, 8.5x11 inches, illustrations, tables, figures, stapled newsletters/magazines, a summary sheet from July 1996 on Protease Inhibitor drugs, very good. Published 4 times a year until the late 1990s then bi-annually, issues included are: June, November 1989... More about BETA: Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS; June 1989 - Summer 2008 (broken run of 21...
Cat.No: 191337
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