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LGBTQ Rights Movement

These resources document the modern American LGBTQ rights movement in the twentieth century.

New Releases

Not Straight, Not White by Kevin J. Mumford
ISBN: 1469626845
Publication Date: 2016-03-14
Stand by Me by Jim Downs
ISBN: 0465032702
Publication Date: 2016-03-01
Gay Marriage by Zachary Shay
ISBN: 1523944161
Publication Date: 2016-01-22
Then Comes Marriage by Roberta Kaplan; Lisa Dickey; Edie Windsor (Foreword by)
ISBN: 0393248674
Publication Date: 2015-10-05

General

A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski
ISBN: 0807044652
Publication Date: 2012-05-15
Out for Good by Dudley Clendinen; Adam Nagourney (Based on a work by)
ISBN: 0684810913
Publication Date: 1999-06-11
Queer America by Vicki L. Eaklor
ISBN: 0313337497
Publication Date: 2008-03-30
The Gay Revolution by Lillian Faderman
ISBN: 1451694113
Publication Date: 2015-09-08
Victory by Linda Hirshman
ISBN: 0061965502
Publication Date: 2012-06-05
The Other Side of Silence by John Loughery
ISBN: 9780805038965
Publication Date: 1998-06-15
Becoming Visible by Molly McGarry; Paul LeClerc (Preface by); Fred Wasserman (Editor)
ISBN: 9780670864010
Publication Date: 1998-09-01
Long Road to Freedom by Mark Thompson (Editor); Randy Shilts (Introduction by)
ISBN: 9780312095369
Publication Date: 1994-05-01

Legal

From the Closet to the Courtroom by Carlos A. Ball; Michael Bronski
ISBN: 0807000787
Publication Date: 2010-06-01
Dishonorable Passions by William N. Eskridge
ISBN: 0670018627
Publication Date: 2008-05-01
Gaylaw by William N. Eskridge
ISBN: 0674036581
Publication Date: 2009-06-01
Queers in Court by Susan Gluck Mezey
ISBN: 0742549313
Publication Date: 2007-03-09
Courting Justice by Deb Price; Joyce Murdoc
ISBN: 0465015131
Publication Date: 2001-05-16

Local

Gay New York by George Chauncey
ISBN: 0465026214
Publication Date: 1995-05-19
Gay Metropolis by Charles Kaiser
ISBN: 0395657814
Publication Date: 1997-11-17
Gay Seattle by Gary Atkins
ISBN: 0295992824
Publication Date: 2013-03-01
City of Sisterly and Brotherly Loves by Marc Stein
ISBN: 0226771792
Publication Date: 2000-06-01
Gay L. A. by Lillian Faderman; Stuart Timmons
ISBN: 9780465022885
Publication Date: 2006-10-03
Gay by the Bay by Susan Stryker; Jim Van Buskirk; Armistead Maupin (Foreword by)
ISBN: 0811811875
Publication Date: 1996-03-01
The Mayor of Castro Street by Randy Shilts
ISBN: 9780312560850
Publication Date: 2008-10-14
Men Like That by John Howard
ISBN: 0226354709
Publication Date: 2001-10-10

Pre-Stonewall

Gay New York by George Chauncey
ISBN: 0465026214
Publication Date: 1995-05-19
Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities by John D'Emilio
ISBN: 0226142671
Publication Date: 1998-10-01
Before Stonewall by Vern L. Bullough; John P. Dececco
ISBN: 9781560231929
Publication Date: 2002-11-21
The Lavender Scare by David K. Johnson
ISBN: 0226401901
Publication Date: 2006-05-15
Suny Series in Queer Politics and Cultures by Craig M. Loftin
ISBN: 9781438440163
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
The Trouble with Harry Hay by Stuart Timmons; Will Roscoe (Foreword by); Bo Young (Editor)
ISBN: 1938246004
Publication Date: 2012-02-01

Lesbian and Transgender

Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers by Lillian Faderman
ISBN: 0231074891
Publication Date: 2012-02-21
How Sex Changed by Joanne Meyerowitz
ISBN: 0674013794
Publication Date: 2004-04-01
Transgender History by Susan Stryker
ISBN: 158005224X
Publication Date: 2008-05-06

Specific Topics

Coming Out under Fire by Allan Bérubé; Estelle B. Freedman (Foreword by); John D'Emilio (Foreword by)
ISBN: 080787177X
Publication Date: 2010-09-07
Stonewall by David Carter
ISBN: 0312671938
Publication Date: 2010-05-25
The Celluloid Closet by Vito Russo
ISBN: 0060961325
Publication Date: 1987-09-20
And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts
ISBN: 0312374631
Publication Date: 2007-11-27
Conduct Unbecoming by Randy Shilts
ISBN: 9780312092610
Publication Date: 1993-04-01
Unspeakable by Rodger Streitmatter
ISBN: 9780571198733
Publication Date: 1995-11-01
Gay Power by David Eisenbach
ISBN: 9780786716333
Publication Date: 2006-05-31

Reference and Biographies

Outstanding Lives by Christa Brelin (Editor); Michael J. Tyrkus (Editor)
ISBN: 9781578590087
Publication Date: 1997-05-01
Gay One Hundred by Paul Russell
ISBN: 0806515910
Publication Date: 1994-09-01
Revolutionary Women by Queen of the Neighbourhood
ISBN: 9781604864663
Publication Date: 2010-11-01
Encyclopedia of AIDS by Raymond A. Smith (Editor); James W. Curran (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9781579580070
Publication Date: 1998-08-01
Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered History in America
ISBN: 0684312611
Publication Date: 2003-12-05
Encyclopedia of Gay Histories and Cultures by George Haggerty (Editor)
ISBN: 9780815318804
Publication Date: 1999-12-01
Lesbian Histories and Cultures by Bonnie Zimmerman
ISBN: 9780203487884
Publication Date: 2005-06-22
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Events, 1848-2006 by Lillian Faderman (Editorial Board Member); Yolanda Retter (Editorial Board Member); Horacio Roque Ramirez (Editorial Board Member); Stuart Timmons (Editorial Board Member); Eric C. Wat (Editorial Board Member); Salem Press Staff
ISBN: 9781587652639
Publication Date: 2006-12-01

Library Spotlight: Books

Books on the shelves at the library:

Gay-Lesbian Almanac by Jonathan N. Katz
ISBN: 006014968X
Publication Date: 1983-05-01
No Turning Back by Gerre Goodman; Erica Thorn; Judy Larson; George Lakey; Cynthia Arvio; Pam McAllister
ISBN: 0865710198
Publication Date: 1983-03-01
Positive Image by Stephen Stewart; Thomas J. Watson (Editor)
ISBN: 0688041965
Publication Date: 1985-04-01
In the Life by Joseph Beam (Editor)
ISBN: 0932870732
Publication Date: 1986-12-01
The Sexual Outlaw by John Rechy
ISBN: 0802101313
Publication Date: 1977-01-01
Before Stonewall by Andrea Weiss; Greta Schiller; John Lewis (Illustrator); Barbara Grier (Foreword by)
ISBN: 0941483207
Publication Date: 1988-05-01

Online Image Collections

ONE Archives at the USC Libraries

Transgender Archives, University of Victoria

New York Public Library

Lambda Archives