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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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 - 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 about Baron - MTL [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
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 about Bay Area Residents: expecting guests? Not enough time to spend them? Give them a key...and a VIP!...
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 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
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 about Bending the Mold: an action kit for transgender youth
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 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
Beth Chayim Chadashim newsletter: two issues, vol. iv, number 12, June 1977 and vol. v, number 3, September 1977
Los Angeles: Beth Chayim Chadashim, 1977. 16p & 20p., 5.5x8.5 inches, folded color sheets, very good newsletters. LGBT congregations. More about Beth Chayim Chadashim newsletter: two issues, vol. iv, number 12, June 1977 and vol. v, number 3,...
Cat.No: 184265
The Beverly Stash presents: On Guard. Issue no. 10
[Beverly Hills, CA]: the underground newsletter, 1970. Single issue of the underground high school paper, mimeographed in wraps, staplebound, 7x8.5 inches, very good. Cover depict Nixon removing his mask to reveal Hitler. Discussion of school administration and events; text indicates that the group publishing it broke into the high school... More about The Beverly Stash presents: On Guard. Issue no. 10
Cat.No: 195029
BH&A: Bill Hartman & Associates; Summer Update 1983 additions, deletions & changes to "1983 Guide to Gay & Lesbian Media Outkets in Northern California"
San Francisco: BH&A, 1983. 8p., 8.5x11 inches, fold creases otherwise good news release of nested folded sheets. Lists institutions, newsletters, newspapers and magazines, individual contacts etc. Breakdowns of the media outlets'needs, requirements, focus, addresses and contact numbers. Alice Reports, Off Our Backs, SF Vector etc. More about BH&A: Bill Hartman & Associates; Summer Update 1983 additions, deletions & changes to...
Cat.No: 220719
Bi American [pinback button]
n.p. Dan Kaufman Graphics, [199-]. 1.5 inch diameter pin, red part slightly faded. A parody of the "Buy American" slogan. More about Bi American [pinback button
Cat.No: 242150
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Bi Friendly San Francisco [handbill/newsletter] #14, August 1989
Sn f: Bi Friendly San Francisco, 1989. Single 8.5x14 inch sheet printed one side with colloge of handwritten text and images (photocopied) horizontal fold creases, corner creased otherwise good on white stock. Events for August 1989 included Bis and BATS (Bay Area Theatre Sports) Bi Hootenanny in Berkeley, Mexicali Potluck... More about Bi Friendly San Francisco [handbill/newsletter] #14, August 1989
Cat.No: 237053
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