Category: History

Bonnie Zimmerman | Encyclopedia of Lesbian Histories and Cultures | A rich heritage that needs to be documented Beginning in 1869, when the study of homosexuality can be said to have begun with the establishment of sex

Larry Gross | Up From Invisibility | A half century ago gay men and lesbians were all but invisible in the media and, in turn, popular culture. With the lesbian and gay liberation movemen

James T. Sears | Lonely Hunters | This is the story of Southern gays and lesbians in the twenty-year span between the end of World War II and the Stonewall Riot that sparked widespread

Marc Stein | City Of Sisterly And Brotherly Loves | Marc Stein’s City of Sisterly and Brotherly Loves is refreshing for at least two reasons: it centers on a city that is not generally associated with a

Steve Gdula | Wearing History | The T-shirt is a part of Americana, and nowhere is this reflected more than in the gay and lesbian community’s struggle for civil rights. Through ima

Chris Bull | Witness To Revolution | An ExcerptThe Awakening: Pre- and Post-Stonewall Riots (1967-1975)By the early 1970s the political establishment was beginning to take notice of the f

Tracy Baim | Gay Press, Gay Power | This book provides an overview of the history of LGBT community newspapers and magazines in America. It provides a specific focus on weekly and biweek

Jane Rule | Detained At Customs : | “Whether I were testifying at this trial or not, my name would come up over and over again as that woman whose books are seized at the border, and I h

Michael Bronski | A Queer History Of The United States | ‘A Queer History of the United States is groundbreaking and accessible. It looks at how American culture has shaped the LGBT, or queer, experience, wh

Bill Rand | Barfly ’70 | Features both gay and lesbian bars, restaurants, churches, theatres, etc. — and offers an interesting glimpse into the post-Stonewall period of LGBT