Category: History

Posted in Award Winner History

Lesbian Empire by Gay Wachman

Gay Wachman | Lesbian Empire | Gay Wachman provides a critical new reading of sexually radical fiction by British women in the years during and after the First World War. She contra

Posted in History

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.

Posted in History Travel Travels/Travelling

Gay And Lesbian St. Louis by Steven Louis Brawley

Steven Louis Brawley | Gay And Lesbian St. Louis | In the late 19th century, St. Louis–America’s fourth-largest city–was a hub of robust commerce and risqué entertainment. It provided an oasis for th

Posted in History

The Right Side of History by Adrian Brooks

Adrian Brooks | The Right Side of History | The Right Side of History tells the 100-year history of queer activism in a series of revealing close-ups, first-person accounts, and intimate snapsho

Posted in History LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

Gay/Lesbian Almanac by Jonathan Ned Katz

Jonathan Ned Katz | Gay/Lesbian Almanac | A look at American attitudes toward homosexuality from colonial days to the present

Posted in Arts & Photography History

Gay and Lesbian Studies in Art History by Whitney Davis

Whitney Davis | Gay and Lesbian Studies in Art History | Find original research and interpretive studies of the relations between homosexuality and the visual arts. Evidence for the role of homosexuality in

Posted in Asian Interest Historical History Literary Criticism Literary History

Crossing Borders by Sahar Amer

Sahar Amer | Crossing Borders | Crossing Borders argues that the interpretation of lesbian relationships in medieval French literature can be enriched by reading these texts together

Posted in History

Cherry Grove, Fire Island by Esther Newton

Esther Newton | Cherry Grove, Fire Island | First published in 1993, the award-winning Cherry Grove, Fire Island tells the story of the extraordinary gay and lesbian resort community near New Yo

Posted in Autobiography/Biography History

Who’s Who in Gay and Lesbian History by Garry Wotherspoon; Robert Aldrich

Garry Wotherspoon; Robert Aldrich | Who’s Who in Gay and Lesbian History | Who’s Who in Gay and Lesbian History: From Antiquity to the Mid-Twentieth Century is a comprehensive and fascinating survey of the key figures in gay

Posted in History

Alyson Almanac by Alyson Publications

Alyson Publications | Alyson Almanac | From Library Journal

This is a compendium of data dealing with gay men and lesbians, mixing biography, history, the arts, and useful daily life in