Category: History

Martin Duberman | Stonewall | Portrays six ordinary people–four gay men and two lesbians–concentrating on their roles in the July 1969 Stonewall Riots in which a group of homosex

Patricia Juliana Smith | The Book of Gay and Lesbian Quotations | This unique treasury of memorable quotations from across the centuries and around the world is an outstanding record of gay and lesbian sensibility.Jo

Emma Healey; Angela Mason | Stonewall 25 | Published to coincide with the 25th Anniversary of Stonewall, this book captures the spirit of gay living in Britain today.

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Rose Collis | Portraits to the Wall | Focusing on British and European women, this is an accessible study of lesbian history. Each chapter documents and examines a woman’s life and work, o

Unknown | Gay/Lesbian Events of 1992 With Almanac of Current Gay/Lesbian History | Useful for historial reference

Gay Wachman | Lesbian Empire | A critical reading of sexually radical fiction by British women in the years during and after World War I. Gay Wachman examines work by Sylvia Townsen

Kelly Hankin | The Girls in the Back Room | The lesbian bar has long been seen as a mysterious place, steeped in mythologies of clandestine meetings and sexuality that is alluring because it is

Vicki L. Eaklor | Queer America | Placing GLBT people at the center of the history of the twentieth century,Vicki L. Eaklor’s Queer America: A People’s GLBT History of the United State

Arden Eversmeyer; Margaret Purcell | Without Apology | Without Apology shares the stories of 24 ordinary, yet remarkable, women. Among them are: ? Saundra, who volunteered in rural Mississippi during the h

Neil Miller | In Search Of Gay America | A rich and startling look at the diversity of gay and lesbian life in America, from the rural South to the urban centers. Award-winning journalist Nei