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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Brother: a forum for men against sexism; #4, April 1972,
Berkeley: Brother, 1972. Newspaper. 16p. folded tabloid newspaper, illustrated with photos, drawings, cartoons, articles, poems, essays, resources, ads etc. light wear and toning otherwise very good on newsprint. Combining radical politics with sexual liberation, including gay liberation. More
Cat.No: 83277
Bulletin Board #155 October 1991
Studio City: Reactions Pub. Corp. 1991. Magazine. 84p., includes covers, 8.5x11 inches, photos, advertising, personal ads, news reports from various publications around the US, worn magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Bars and clubs listings. More
Cat.No: 220354
Bulletin of the Pan American Health Organization: volume 25, number 3, 1991; HIV testing in the Caribbean
Washington DC: Pan American Health Organization, 1991. Paperback. iv, pp201-292. footnotes, figures, tables, very good medical journal, trade paperback in printed red & white glossy wraps. More
Cat.No: 186993
BWMTSC News: two issues
no place: Black & White Men Together Southern California, 2007. Two issues, single 8.5x11 inch sheets printed both sides, events, news, members, illustrations, very good. Issue number one, February 2007 and the April 2007 issue, unnumbered. The organization was mainly represented by online web site information. More
Cat.No: 230084
![Cable Car Awards 1975 [program] Bimbo's Sunday, February 2, 1975](/pictures/thumb/202342.jpg?v=1484088225)
Cable Car Awards 1975 [program] Bimbo's Sunday, February 2, 1975
San Francisco: Emperor Bob Cramer & the Cable Car Court, 1975. [20p] 4.25x11 inches, ads for local LGBT venues and business, program of the award show, event organizers and performers, very good booklet in stapled, green pictorial wraps. Established by Bob Cramer in 1974 honoring Bay Area LGBT activists, sports... More
Cat.No: 202342
Cahiers gai kitsch camp no. 28: Un sujet inclassable? Approches sociologiques, littéraires et juridiques des homosexualités, préface de Marie-Élisabeth Handman
Lille: Cahiers Gai-Kitsch-Camp, 1995. Paperback. 211p. issue with a wide range of international contributors (Hekman, de Cecco, etc.) and with a partial focus on Brazil, text in French, very good journal, trade paperback in pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 193585
CalArts presents the Alpert Awards in the Arts; 1996 Su Friedrich, Anne LeBaron, Suzan-Lori Parks, David Rousseve, Carrie Mae Weems
Santa Monica: CalArts/Herb Alpert Foundation, 1996. [16p] photos of the five recipients intext, wraps. Includes two African American artists among the group that deals with gender-bending themes. More
Cat.No: 112913
California and the HIV/AIDS Epidemic 1996: the State of the State report
Sacramento: California Department of Health Services Office of AIDS, 1996. 29p., 8.5x11 inches, introduction, executive summary, epidemiology, education & prevention, care & treatment, collaboration, tables and figures, very good report booklet in stapled whute wraps. More
Cat.No: 235377
![California Association of AIDS Agencies [information packet and cover letter]](/pictures/thumb/194212.jpg?v=1484087181)
California Association of AIDS Agencies [information packet and cover letter]
Sacramento: The Association, 1988. Six panel brochure, 14p. report on 7 sheets, all stapled together at top-left corner with a cover letter to a Santa Cruz resident on Agency letterhead signed by Brian Dobrow, very good. Early effort in California to form a central clearinghouse for AIDS organizations and information. More
Cat.No: 194212
California HIV Prevention Plan: conducted by the Community Planning Work Group, prepared by Harder + Kibbe Research
San Francisco: Harder + Kibbe Research, December 1994 printed January 1995. Paperback. vi, 463p. + [37p] attachements and a bibliography, 8.5x11 inches, letter of concurrence, summary, exhibits, appendix of attachments, selected bibliography, illustrated with figures and tables, very good massive report in paperback bound with cloth tape spine. More
Cat.No: 235207
![California Knight Life: [three issues] issue #6-8, September-November 1979](/pictures/thumb/184435.jpg?v=1516946983)
California Knight Life: [three issues] issue #6-8, September-November 1979
Hollywood, CA: California Knight Life, Inc., 1979. Magazine. 3 issues, 5.5x8.5 inches, various pagination, b&w photos, illustrations, ads, event listings, very good first edition digest magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Run of the California version of the LGBT entertainment magazine. Cover subtitle "From the men who bring you Blueboy" More
Cat.No: 184435
![California Motor Club / Wllaby Run / 1972 [pinback button]](/pictures/thumb/229049.jpg?v=1537413078)
California Motor Club / Wllaby Run / 1972 [pinback button]
n.p. CMC, 1972. 1.5 inch diameter pin, kangaroo and palm tree with a small map of California. More
Cat.No: 229049
![Canadian Lesbian and Gay History Network Newsletter #1 & #2, December 1985 & September 1986 [first two issues]](/pictures/thumb/235265.jpg?v=1552529766)
Canadian Lesbian and Gay History Network Newsletter #1 & #2, December 1985 & September 1986 [first two issues]
Toronto: Canadian Lesbian and Gay History Network, 1985-86. First two issues of the newsletter, 21p. and 20p., 8.5x11 inches, stapled upper-left corner, introductions, research requests, book lists, very good. Issue #1 is printed both sides of the sheets while #2 is recto-only. More
Cat.No: 235265
![Candlelight March and Memorial: George Moscone, Harvey Milk. Sunday, November 27, 1983 [poster]](/pictures/thumb/183108.jpg?v=1536012653)
Candlelight March and Memorial: George Moscone, Harvey Milk. Sunday, November 27, 1983 [poster]
San Francisco: Castro Street Fair, 1983. 23x17 inch poster featuring a silhouette of City Hall against a pink sky, with numerous tiny candle flames in the foreground. Minor handling wear, very good. More
Cat.No: 183108
Cape Cod and Islands Pride Pages: bringing the community together 5th edition, 2007-2008
Cape Cod: Cape Cod and Islands Pride Pages, 2007. Magazine. 78p. includes covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, services, resources, events, listings, ads, very good guide booklet in stapled glossy pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 225531
Cape Cod and Islands Pride Pages: bringing the community together 6th edition, 2008
Cape Cod: Cape Cod and Islands Pride Pages, 2008. Magazine. 96p., 5.5x8.5 inches, services, resources, events, listings, ads, very good guide booklet in glossy pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 225532
Capitol Hill: the newsletter of the Gay Rights National Lobby; vol. 2, #3; Congressional Briefings a "Great Success"
Washington DC: GRNL, 1980. [4p] 8.5x11 inches, news, opinion, events, photos, horizontal fold creases for mailing otherwise very good newsletter. Cover photo of Henry Waxman, Meryl Friedman, Ted Weiss, Revernd Troy Perry et al. More
Cat.No: 229428
Capitol Hill: the newsletter of the Gay Rights National Lobby; vol. 5, #2, Summer/Fall 1983; GRNL's AIDS Project
Washington DC: GRNL, 1983. 8p., 8.5x11 inches, news, opinion, events, photos, horizontal fold creases for mailing otherwise very good newsletter. Steve Endean testifies on AIDS before the House subcommittee. More
Cat.No: 229430
Caring for the AIDS patient
San Diego: Western Schools, 1097. CME for nurses, each chapter paginated differently (ca. 200p. in all), wraps. More
Cat.No: 165693
![Carmen Miranda never did it like this! [handbill] Faeries in the woods 4th annual February northwest gathering](/pictures/thumb/103298.jpg?v=1484083731)
Carmen Miranda never did it like this! [handbill] Faeries in the woods 4th annual February northwest gathering
Dillard, OR: NW Gathering, [1983]. 8.5x14 inch color handbill with a color drawing of a camper in a Carmen Miranda hat, fold creases otherwise very good. The gathering was at Breitenbush Hot Springs near Portland. More
Cat.No: 103298
![Castro Plan [newsletter] March 1997; Castro Street & Harvey Milk Plaza - a plan for the future](/pictures/thumb/229433.jpg?v=1538016572)
Castro Plan [newsletter] March 1997; Castro Street & Harvey Milk Plaza - a plan for the future
San Francisco: Castro Area Planning & Action, 1997. Four-panel 8.5x11 inch newsletteron heavy stock, drawings, plans, design information, list of workshop participants, very good. More
Cat.No: 229433
Castro street fair. Ninth annual, August 15, 1982
San Francisco: 1982. 16p., 6x9 inches, very good in stiff, stapled pictorial wraps showing a crowd at the previous fair, rear cover map with locations of booths, food area etc., illustrated with photos, ads, event schedule etc. More
Cat.No: 167221
![Castro Street Fair: 40th anniversary [program] starring Peaches, October 6th, 2013](/pictures/thumb/233959.jpg?v=1548905906)
Castro Street Fair: 40th anniversary [program] starring Peaches, October 6th, 2013
San Francisco: Castro Street Fair, 2013. Magazine. [40p] 5.25x8.25 inches, photos, event schedule, ads, services and resources, very good digest -size program in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 233959
Castro sweep police riot; October 6, 1989
San Francisco: Castro Sweep Project, 1999. 4p. pamphlet, 5.5x8.5 inches, for the exhibition "marking the 10th anniversary of the Castro Sweep police riot ... the single most massive official attack on queer human rights in the history of San Francisco" - p. 2, very good in pictorial self-wraps. More
Cat.No: 119007
Castro Theatre Winter '97 program calendar
San Francisco: Castro Theatre, 1997. Newspaper. Large broadside folded to 8.5x11 inches, heavy white newsprint, color cover still from "The Graduate", calendar on rear, inside find detailed descriptions of the various films accompanied by b&w still shots, introduction with monochrome shots, very good. More
Cat.No: 229822
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