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 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
Cat.No: 195029
BH&A: Bill Hartman & Associates; Summer Update 1983 additions, deletions & changes to "1983 Guide to Gay & Lesbian Media Outlets 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
Cat.No: 220719
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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
Cat.No: 237053
Binoche photographies 4 Mai 1996
Paris: the dealer, 1996. 63p., mauve wraps with Mapplethorpe self-portrait repro'd on the cover; super-glossy production, the very faintest sign of handling. Auction catalog, offering with illustrations works by Mapplethorpe, Man Ray and many other photographers' works. More
Cat.No: 71567
Bisexuality [brochure]
San Jose & Boston: South bay Bisexual Organizers and Activists (SOBOA) & Bisexual Resource Center, Boston, [1990s?]. Six-panel folded brochure, 3.75x8.5 inches, information on bisexuality, politics, and AIDS, very good on bright yellow stock. More
Cat.No: 215557
Black & White Men Together - SFBA: A Deck of 52 &Getting Our Act Together [two leaflets]
San Francisco: BWMTSFBA, [1981]. Two leaflets, 5.5x8.5 inches printed one side only, very good. Leaflet #1 is for a Gaymes Night & Dance and #2 is a call for joining all gay men together to fight against racism and The New Right or Moral Majority. More
Cat.No: 237103
The Black Cat Cafe; "Bohemia of the Barbary Coast" [greeting card, framed with an original business card for manager Travis Dick]
San Francisco: the Cafe. 4x6.5 inch four-panel card, cover featuring a 1952 Travis Dick drawing of cats drinking and dancing in the street out front of the famous establishment; 1972 reprint of the original card. This is professionally mounted in a 14.5x17.5 inch frame with UV resistant plexiglass, together with..... More
Cat.No: 220487
Black Lesbians & Gays Weaving the Future!: the 5th annual national black gay & lesbian conference [leaflet] Oakland, California, February 14-17, 1992
Los Angeles: B.G.L.L.F./ Black Gay & Lesbian Leadership Forum, 1992. Single 5.5x8.5 inch leaflet printed one side only on lavender stock. More
Cat.No: 242299
Black Suit New Girl: musical performance 26 August, 2011, Bexco, Busan; The 10th International Congres on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific
Busan, South Korea: The HORN Contents Crew & SOWOL Arts Symphony Orchestra, 2011. Six panel program folded to 5.5x11.5 inches, texts in English and Korean, performers with color headshots, story line, songs, very good on heavy semi-glossy stock. More
Cat.No: 242836
Black Tie Optional: San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Marching Band & Twirling Corps in concert, Jon R. Sims, Conductor [program]
San Francisco: The Band, 1979. Six-panel brochure/program, 5.75x11 inches, biographies, history, event program, mild wear, white stock with black bow tie cover illustration. More
Cat.No: 226399
Blazing Star: vol. 2, #1, July 1976: Blazing Star returns
Chicago: Blazing Star/NAM, 1976. [14p] 8.5x11 inch newsletter, illustrated with drawings and cartoons, features, opinion, ads, resources, lightly-toned on covers, sheets stapled top-left corner. Blazing Star was a lesbian/feminist chapter of the New American Movement established in Chicago. Stories on Gay Rights legislation, Lavender & Red Book review, lesbian mothers..... More
Cat.No: 211564
Bodies Like Ours: support and information for people born with atypical genitalia [card]
[Seattle]: ISNA/Intersex Society of North America, [2000s]. Single 3.75x8.5 inch card printed both sides with information about Intersex children. More
Cat.No: 241673
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Boot Camp Fair: y'all come, y'hear! [handbill] begins Sunday afternoon March 26, 1972
San Francisco: Boot Camp Bar, 1972. Single 8.5x11 inch handbill, black image and text on white stock, very good. Early flier for the gay bar at 1010 Bryant Street which started the Golden Dildeaux Awards in 1974. More
Cat.No: 209794
The Boot Camp Second Annual Golden Dildeaux Awards [certificate]
San Francisco: Boot Camp Bar, [1975]. Single 8.5x11 inch sheet: a printed faux-certificate format in black and yellow. Fine copy. Award program begun by the bar in 1974. More
Cat.No: 209796
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[Boot] Camp I [pinback button]
San Francisco: Boot Camp, [1972-?]. 1.5 inch diameter pin issued by the gay leather bar that opened at 1010 Bryant Street in 1971. The Roman numeral I may refer to the first anniversary; the bar is known to have issued pins for later anniversaries. This is the version with a...... More
Cat.No: 229063
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[Boot] Camp I [pinback button]
San Francisco: Boot Camp, [1972-?]. 1.5 inch diameter pin issued by the gay leather bar that opened at 1010 Bryant Street in 1971. The Roman numeral I may refer to the first anniversary; the bar is known to have issued pins for later anniversaries. This is the version with a...... More
Cat.No: 229064
![Boot] Camp I [pinback button](/pictures/thumb/229065.jpg?v=1537413078)
[Boot] Camp I [pinback button]
San Francisco: Boot Camp, [1972-?]. 1.5 inch diameter pin issued by the gay leather bar that opened at 1010 Bryant Street in 1971. The Roman numeral I may refer to the first anniversary; the bar is known to have issued pins for later anniversaries. This is the version with a...... More
Cat.No: 229065
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[Boot] Camp [patch]
San Francisco: Boot Camp, [197-]. 3 inch diameter iron-on patch for the gay leather bar that opened at 1010 Bryant Street in 1971. Two tiny holes at right in the field where it was previously stapled, otherwise very good. More
Cat.No: 229066
Boston's Gay Yellow Pages: premier edition June 1994
Allston: Fierce Enterprises, 1994. Paperback. iv, 124p., 8.25x10.75 inches, listings, ads, very good LGBTQ business phone book in lavender pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 236746
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Boycott Colorado & Coors [leaflet] Amendment 2 violates U.S. Constitution
Denver: Boycott Colorado, 1992. Single 7x8.5 inch leaflet printed one side only, red, white and blue, very good. In protest against Amendment 2 and calling for boycotts of Coors and of Colorado gold mining. More
Cat.No: 237726
Boycott Homophobia [pinback button]
Hampton, CT: Donnelly / Colt Graphics, 1993. 0.6 x 2.5 inch rectangular pin, black text on white field with inverted pink triangle, very good. More
Cat.No: 249249
Brentwood Collectors' Edition Part II: Superstars [trade catalogue]
San Francisco: Brentwood, July 1977. [24p] includes covers, 7.25x7.25 inches, mail-order catalogue illustrated with explicit hard-core sex scenes from gay videos and film, lightly-worn and rubbed silver stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 237519
Bridges: linking those who work with HIV-affected youth' vol. 4, #2, Spring 1998; HIV Positive Youth & Mental health
San Francisco: Health Initiatives for Youth, 1998. Four 8.5x11 inch sheets stapled upper-left corner and printed both sides with information from health care providers and professionals. More
Cat.No: 244490
Brokeback BBQ 2007: survival guide
[Estes Park, CO]: Brokeback BBQ/EDelMar, 2007. Magazine. 20p., 8.5x11 inches, event informations, directions, photos, art, bios, very good glossy magazine format souvenir program for the LGBT western outing based on the film by Ang Lee, stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 209920
BrooklynPride Newsletter: vol. 1, #4, May 1997; BrooklynPride Parade: Saturday, June 14, 1997
Brooklyn: BrooklynPride Org. 1997. [8p] includes covers, 8.5x11 inches, articles, news, services and resources, photos, Parade route, very good newsletter. More
Cat.No: 237327
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