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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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 Lesbians and Gays / from silence to celebration / Boyond the 28 days / 7th Annual National Black Gay and Lesbian Conference and Institutes [poster]
Secaucus, NJ: the Conference, 1994. 18x24 inch poster, very good. Artwork is by Durham (no first name given). More
Cat.No: 235441
Black Suit New Girl: musical performance 26 August, 2011, Bexco, Busan; The 10th International Congres on AIDS is 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
Black/Out: the magazine of the National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays vol. 2, #2, Summer 1989; We are family: a special section: we remember our brother, Joseph Beam
Washington: National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays, 1989. Magazine. 60p., 8.5x11 inches, illustrated with b&w photos, essays, articles, resources, very good magazine in stapled wraps. AIDS, Audre Lorde, Joe Beam, etc. More
Cat.No: 191937
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
Blow Yourself Up: Tantrum presents... San Francisco's premiere junk culture magazine [Fourth issue]
San Francisco: Tantrum, [1996]. Magazine. [37p] 8.5x11 inches, articles, cartoons, photos, poetry, very good stapled zine in pictorial wraps. Targeted to "the ultra-sophisticated, semi-misanthropic, post-queer, quasi-glamorati." More
Cat.No: 212106
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
The Body Positive: a magazine about AIDS vol. 4, no. 11, December 1991
New York: Body Positive, 1991. Magazine. 40p., includes covers, 8.5x11 inches, photos, illustrations, articles about AIDS treatments and actions by ACT-UP, toned newsletter in booklet format, stapled pictorial wraps on newsprint. More
Cat.No: 203512
The Body Positive: a magazine about AIDS vol. 5, no. 1, January 1992
New York: Body Positive, 1992. Magazine. 40p., includes covers, 8.5x11 inches, photos, illustrations, articles about AIDS treatments and actions by ACT-UP, toned newsletter in booklet format, stapled pictorial wraps on newsprint. More
Cat.No: 203513
The Body Positive: a magazine about AIDS vol. 5, no. 6, June 1992
New York: Body Positive, 1992. Magazine. 28p., includes covers, 8.5x11 inches, photos, illustrations, articles about AIDS treatments and actions by ACT-UP, toned newsletter in booklet format, stapled pictorial wraps on newsprint. More
Cat.No: 203516
The Body Positive: vol. 13, no. 12, December 2000
New York: Body Positive, 2000. Magazine. 48p., 8.5x11 inches, photos, illustrations, articles about AIDS treatments and actions very good in stapled glossy pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 203517
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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
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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: 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 grapes [pinback button]
La Paz, CA: [United Farm Workers], n.d. 1.5 inch diameter pin, very good, with black UFW eagle and pink triangle. Tiny union bug on edge gives La Paz location (UFW headquarters). More
Cat.No: 186715
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
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