Category: History

Dell Richards | Lesbian Lists | A look at lesbian culture, history, and personalities. For example: 8 Holy Days for lesbians; 3 Lesbian Couples buried together; 7 Masturbatory Obje

Neil Miller | Out Of The Past | A unique and hugely absorbing narrative history of gay life–from Oscar Wilde to the 25th anniversary of Stonewall–by the award-winning journalist an

James Aaron | The Gay Trivia Quiz Book | Gay and lesbian trivia, heavy focus on literature/authors.

Leila J. Rupp | A Desired Past | With this book, Leila J. Rupp accomplishes what few scholars have even attempted: she combines a vast array of scholarship on supposedly discrete epis

Jonathan Ned Katz | Gay American History | This unique and pioneering work is a comprehensive collection of documents on American gay life from the early days of European settlement to the emer

Liz Millward | Making A Scene | In the 1960s, a youthful and ambitious lesbian movement began taking shape in Canada. After decades of being pathologized, disparaged, or erased from

Brighton Ourstory Project | Daring Hearts | A searing and informative collection of life stories based on taped interviews with forty lesbians and gay men who spoke openly about their lives in a

Vicki L. Eaklor | Queer America | It takes chutzpah, veteran lecturing, and a sophisticated appreciation of the expanding field of the history of sexuality to tackle writing a queer US

Mark Blasius; Shane Phelan | We Are Everywhere | An important and original new contribution to lesbian and gay studies,We Are Everywherebrings together the key primary sources relating to the politic

David K. Johnson | The Lavender Scare | In Cold War America, Senator Joseph McCarthy enjoyed tremendous support in the fight against what he called atheistic communism. But that support stem