LibGuides: Primary Sources: LGBTQ+

LGBTQ+ Digital Collections

Archives of Sexuality & Gender: LGBTQ History and Culture since 1940 This link opens in a new window Full text archive of material drawn from hundreds of institutions and organizations. The documents in this collection present important aspects of LGBTQ life in the second half of the twentieth century. The archive illuminates the experiences not just of the LGBTQ community as a whole, but of individuals of different races, ethnicities, ages, religions, political orientations, and geographical locations.
Defining Gender This link opens in a new window UK primary source materials from 1450 1910 relating to the study of history, literature, sociology and education from a gendered perspective. Documents include ephemera, pamphlets & periodicals, education documents, books, personal writings, business records, government papers, ballads and literature.
Gender: Identity and Social Change This link opens in a new window Primary sources from the 19th to 21st century documenting women's lived experiences of suffrage, gender roles, the feminist movement, the mens movement, employment, education, the body, the family, and government and politics.
Homophile Movement: Papers of Donald Stewart Lucas, 1941-1976 This link opens in a new window Primarily covering 1953-1969, this collection documents the activist and professional activities of Donald S. Lucas. Mostly covering the early homosexual civil rights movement in the U.S. (the homophile movement) and the San Francisco manifestation of President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty. Includes: correspondence, meeting minutes, newsletters, manuscripts, financial documents, reports, statistics, legal decisions, surveys and much more.
Independent Voices This link opens in a new window Independent Voices is an open access digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals. These materials were produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, the extreme right-wing press and alternative literary magazines during the latter half of the 20th century.
LGBT Magazine Archive This link opens in a new window Archival runs of 26 of the most influential, longest-running serial publications covering LGBT interests. Includes the pre-eminent US and UK titles – The Advocate and Gay Times, respectively. Chronicles more than six decades of the history and culture of the LGBT community. In addition to LGBT/gender/sexuality studies, this material also serves related disciplines such as sociology, political science, psychology, health, and the arts. Some publications may contain explicit content.
LGBT Thought and Culture This link opens in a new window Books, periodicals, and archival materials documenting LGBT political, social and cultural movements throughout the twentieth century and into the present day.
Phyllis Lyon, Del Martin and the Daughters of Bilitis This link opens in a new window Drawn from the archives of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Historical Society in the U.S., this archive contains information on the founding and growth of the homophile movement, especially the Daughters of Bilitis and The Ladder magazine, including early meeting minutes, correspondence, chapter records, membership data, and manuscripts unavailable elsewhere. Coverage is 1955-1984.
Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin: Beyond the Daughters of Bilitis This link opens in a new window Drawn from the archives of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Historical Society in the U.S., this archive documents Lyon and Martin's work in the LGBT and women's rights movements. Coverage is 1966-1984 and documents include minutes, correspondence, notes related to their work with various organisations and materials related to their book 'Battered Wives'.
Politics, Social Activism and Community Support: Selected Gay and Lesbian Periodicals and Newsletters This link opens in a new window Newsletters issued by gay and lesbian political and social activist organisations throughout the United States. The collection includes literature covering the years 1947 - 2004, representing a wide range of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender experience and thought.
Sex & Sexuality This link opens in a new window Access to collections from prominent sex researchers and sexologists. Papers from Dr. John Money and Dr. Harry Benjamin document advances in areas such as diverse as biology, health and medicine, sociology, anthropology, and psychology, whilst collected research from Alice Withrow Field and James W. Edwards offer important investigations into criminology and global attitudes towards sex. Covering early nineteenth century to the early twenty-first century.