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A guide to resources and research in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer (LGBTQ+) Studies
Digital Archives
- Archives of Sexuality and GenderWith material drawn from hundreds of institutions and organizations, including both major international activist organizations and local, grassroots groups, the documents in this collection present important aspects of LGBTQ life. With material dating back to the sixteenth century, researchers and scholars can examine how sexual norms have changed over time, health and hygiene, the development of sex education, the rise of sexology, changing gender roles, social movements and activism, erotica, and many other interesting topical areas.
- Gender: Identity and Social ChangeGender: Identity and Social Change includes primary sources for the study of gender history, women’s suffrage, the feminist movement and the men’s movement. Other key areas represented in the material include: employment and labour, education, government and legislation, the body, domesticity and the family. Explore records from men’s and women’s organisations and pressure groups, detailing twentieth-century lobbying and activism on a wide array of issues to reveal developing gender relations and prevalent challenges.
- GenderWatchGenderWatch enhances gender and women's studies, and gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) research by providing authoritative perspectives from 1970 to present. This well-established and highly reviewed resource offers over 260 titles, with more than 240 in full-text, from an array of academic, radical, community and independent presses. Researchers and teachers may access more than 219,000 full articles on wide-ranging topics like sexuality, religion, societal roles, feminism, masculinity, eating disorders, healthcare, and the workplace.
- Queer PastsQueer Pasts is a collection of primary source exhibits for students and scholars of queer history and culture. The database uses “queer” in its broadest and most inclusive sense, to embrace topics that are gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender and to include work on sexual and gender formations that are queer but not necessarily LGBT.
- Digital Transgender ArchiveThis archive is a collection of digitized historical materials, digital materials in general, and information on archival holdings across the world.
- GLBT Historical Society Online ResourcesThe Dr. John P. De Cecco Archives and Special Collections of the GLBT Historical Society are among the largest and most extensive holdings in the world of materials pertaining to LGBTQIA+ people.
- Lesbian Herstory ArchivesThe Lesbian Herstory Archives is a collection, based in Brooklyn, of archives related to lesbians and their lives. A portion of their archival content, including personal papers, buttons, photographs, and more have been digitized.
- LGBT Activist CollectionsA collection of documents from the civil rights movement for LGBTQIA+ people consisting of photographs, posters, artwork and ephemera from the New York Public Library.
- LGBT Community Center National History ArchiveCommunity-based archive that collects, preserves and makes available to the public the documentation of LGBTQ lives and organizations centered in and around New York.
- LGBTQ Oral History Digital CollaboratoryThe LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory connects archives across Canada and the U.S. to produce a digital history hub for the research and study of gay, lesbian, queer, and trans* oral histories.
- ONE Archives (University of Southern California Libraries)The largest repository of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) materials in the world. Founded in 1952, ONE Archives currently houses over two million archival items including periodicals, books, film, video and audio recordings, photographs, artworks, organizational records, and personal papers.
- Women's and Gender Studies Web Archive (Library of Congress)The Women's and Gender Studies Web Archive collects and preserves online content on topics of importance to the interdisciplinary field of Women's and Gender Studies. Collection priorities include primary sources, first hand accounts, and records of social, cultural, and political movements for gender equality