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
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]
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
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
BAHSES News: an HIV education & prevention program serving people of all colors in the Bay Area; vol. 2, #2, February 1992
San Francisco: Bay Area HIV Support and Education Services, 1992. Single 8.5x11 inch pink sheet printed both sides, 3-hole punch on left side, light wear. BAHSES was a component of Black & White Men Together/Men of All Colors Together. More
Cat.No: 244491
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 - MTL [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 Century 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
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
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
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
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
Cat.No: 218912
Bay Area Residents: expecting guests? Not enough time to spend them? Give them a key...and a VIP! [leaflet]
San Francisco: David Information Network, 1985. Single 5.5x8.5 inch leaflet printed one-side only on blue stock, cartoon by Robert of Dorothy, Toto and a tornado taking away her house at 18th and Castro, very good. "Just Visiting? Our Community would like to welcome you!" Dorothy says: "Toto...I don't think we're..... More
Cat.No: 240828
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
Cat.No: 236113
Be Smart About HIV; new information demands action
N. pl. National Minority AIDS Council/National Lesbian and Gay Health Association/Glaxo Wellcome, 1996. 20p., 4x7 inches, glossary, very good pocket-size booklet in stapled yellow and red wraps. More
Cat.No: 145137
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
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
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
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
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
Bending the Mold: an action kit for transgender youth
New York & DC: Lambda Legal & NYAC/The National Youth Advocacy Coalition, [2000s]. 28p. includes covers, 6x9 inches, introduction, information on actions to take, dictionary, resources, photos, very good booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. Includes information on intersex youth. More
Cat.No: 241675
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
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
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
Cat.No: 238071
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