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In Search of Gay America by Neil Miller

Neil Miller | In Search of Gay America | Represents the author’s nationwide survey of gay America–a sampling including an openly gay mayor in Missouri, a Latin lesbian community in San Anton

Posted in Autobiography/Biography History

A Gift of Age by Arden Eversmeyer; Margaret Purcell

Arden Eversmeyer; Margaret Purcell | A Gift of Age | Collection of biographies from lesbians based on interviews taken for the Old Lesbian Oral Herstory Project.

It’s hard to imagine toda

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Creating a Place For Ourselves by Brett Beemyn

Brett Beemyn | Creating a Place For Ourselves | Creating a Place For Ourselvesis a groundbreaking collection of essays that examines gay life in the United States before Stonewall and the gay libera

Posted in Award Winner History

Hidden From History by Martin Duberman; Martha Vicinus; George Chauncey

Martin Duberman; Martha Vicinus; George Chauncey | Hidden From History | Without peer, Hidden from History gathers together the works of the most exciting scholars in the dynamic field of homosexual studies, making this a g

Posted in Award Winner History Lesbian Studies

Between Women by Sharon Marcus

Sharon Marcus | Between Women | Women in Victorian England wore jewelry made from each other’s hair and wrote poems celebrating decades of friendship. They pored over magazines that

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Closets Are For Clothes by Rachel Cook

Rachel Cook | Closets Are For Clothes | Some of the very first Australians were gay and lesbian: they arrived on convict ships or as free settlers and forged their own colourful and intrigui

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Not a Passing Phase by Lesbian History Group

Lesbian History Group | Not a Passing Phase | Everything you’ve always wanted to know about women’s history but were afraid to ask, illuminated in this lively and contentious collection of essays.

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Dear Sappho by Kay Turner; Sheri Tornatore

Kay Turner; Sheri Tornatore | Dear Sappho | A selection of letters documenting love between women over the last 140 years. These eloquent messages from famous, ordinary or anonymous women range

Posted in History LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

Lesbian And Gay Liberation In Canada by Donald Wilfred McLeod

Donald Wilfred McLeod | Lesbian And Gay Liberation In Canada | This authoritative reference guide covers the first twelve years of the organized homophile/gay liberation movement in Canada, from 1964 (when the Ass

Posted in Education History

And They Were Wonderful Teachers by Karen Graves

Karen Graves | And They Were Wonderful Teachers | Focusing on Florida’s purge of gay and lesbian teachers from 1956 to 1965, this study explores how the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee, co