"Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Month is currently celebrated each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan. The Stonewall Uprising was a tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States. In the United States the last Sunday in June was initially celebrated as "Gay Pride Day," but the actual day was flexible. In major cities across the nation the "day" soon grew to encompass a month-long series of events. Today, celebrations include pride parades, picnics, parties, workshops, symposia and concerts, and LGBTQ Pride Month events attract millions of participants around the world. Memorials are held during this month for those members of the community who have been lost to hate crimes or HIV/AIDS. The purpose of the commemorative month is to recognize the impact that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals have had on history locally, nationally, and internationally" (https://www.loc.gov/lgbt-pride-month/about/).
Call #: HQ 73 .P58 2011
Summary: The stories behind sexual research studies relate its problems, politics, and personalities, the misuse of findings, the assumptions regarding bias of the researchers, and the questions of objectivity. (Summary source: ALA)
Call #: HQ 75.15 .S24 2016; Location: 3rd Floor Reference (in library use only)
Summary: This far-reaching and contemporary new Encyclopedia examines and explores the lives and experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) individuals, focusing on the contexts and forces that shape their lives. The work focuses on LGBTQ issues and identity primarily through the lenses of psychology, human development and sociology, emphasizing queer, feminist and ecological perspectives on the topic, and addresses questions such as: What are the key theories used to understand variations in sexual orientation and gender identity? • How do Gay-Straight Alliances (GSA) affect LGBTQ youth? • How do LGBTQ people experience the transition to parenthood? • How does sexual orientation intersect with other key social locations, such as race, to shape experience and identity? • What are the effects of marriage equality on sexual minority individuals and couples? Top researchers and clinicians contribute to the 400 signed entries, from fields such as: • Psychology • Human Development • Gender/Queer Studies • Sexuality Studies • Social Work • Sociology (Summary Source: Sage)
Call #: HQ 75.27 .Q44 2017
Summary: Queer Families is the premiere publication in Qommunicate Media’s LGBTQ+ True Stories Anthology series, featuring all true stories and poems by children of gay dads and lesbian moms, transgender fathers and children, queer aunts and uncles, and more about life in their families — all “straight” from the rainbow sheeps’ mouths. (Summary Source)
Call #: HQ 76.3.U5 L43 2017
Summary: Although the historic majority opinion of Obergefell v. Hodges legalized same-sex marriage nationwide and the military has moved toward a “gender neutral” enlistment policy, how LGBTQ people maneuver American society continues to get worked out at every level—in schools, in courts and in the popular culture. Issues explored in this title include the role of non-traditional same-sex families, and expanded protections for transgender people under the framework of civil rights. As conservative governors sue the federal government and try to block what they call a “massive social experiment” in school bathrooms and locker rooms, and states deal with the attendant backlash, LGBTQ activists continue to force a national conversation on gender identity. (Summary Source)
Call #: HQ 76.3.U52 M683 2012
Summary: Drawing from the renowned Tretter Collection at the University of Minnesota, this book blends oral history, archival narrative, newspaper accounts and fascinating illustrations to paint a remarkable picture of Minnesota's queer history. -- Cover.
Call #: HQ 73.3.U6 G35 2020
Summary: "The Savvy Ally: A Guide for Becoming a Skilled LGBTQ+ Advocate is an enjoyable, humorous, encouraging, easy to understand guidebook for being an ally to the LGBTQ+ communities"-- Provided by publisher.
Call #: HQ 76.8.U5 C66 2001
Summary: An anthology of the last century's essential writing on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues from U.S. independent and alternative progressive journals.
Call #: HQ 76.8.U6 M67 2009
Summary: This work focuses on case studies ranging from sex education to AIDS to race to illustrate how sexuality is at the heart of many political controversies.
Call #: HQ 77.95.U6 S86 2019
Summary: "America Through Transgender Eyes" provides readers with important insights into the beauty and struggle of transgender people, identities, experiences, and relationships.
Call #: HV 6250.4. H66 M49 2015
Summary: "Violence against lesbians and gay men has increasingly captured media and scholarly attention. But these reports tend to focus on one segment of the LGBT community--white, middle class men--and largely ignore that part of the community that arguably suffers a larger share of the violence--racial minorities, the poor, and women. In Violence against Queer People, sociologist Doug Meyer offers the first investigation of anti-queer violence that focuses on the role played by race, class, and gender. Drawing on interviews with forty-seven victims of violence, Meyer shows that LGBT people encounter significantly different forms of violence--and perceive that violence quite differently--based on their race, class, and gender. His research highlights the extent to which other forms of discrimination--including racism and sexism--shape LGBT people's experience of abuse. He reports, for instance, that lesbian and transgender women often described violent incidents in which a sexual or a misogynistic component was introduced, and that LGBT people of color sometimes weren't sure if anti-queer violence was based solely on their sexuality or whether racism or sexism had also played a role. Many feel that the struggle for gay rights has largely been accomplished and the tide of history has swung in favor of LGBT equality. Violence Against Queer People, on the contrary, argues that the lives of many LGBT people have improved very little, if at all, over the past thirty years."--Back
Call #: PR 6073.I558 O7 1987b
Summary: This is the story of Jeanette, adopted and brought up by her mother as one of God's elect. Zealous and passionate, she seems destined for life as a missionary, but then she falls for one of her converts. At sixteen, Jeanette decides to leave the church, her home and her family, for the young woman she loves. Innovative, punchy and tender, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is a few days ride into the bizarre outposts of religious excess and human obsession. (Summary source: Goodreads)
Call #: PS 374.H63 J48 2018
Summary: Discussions of gender and sexuality have become part of mainstream conversations and are reflected in the work of more and more writers of fiction, particularly in literature aimed at young adult audiences. But young readers, regardless of their sexual orientation, don't always know which books offer well-rounded portrayals of queer characters and situations. Fortunately, finding positive role models in fiction that features LGBTQ+ themes has become less problematic, though not without its challenges. In "Representing the Rainbow in Young Adult Literature: LGBTQ+ Content since 1969", Christine A. Jenkins and Michael Cart provide an overview of the LGBTQ+ literary landscape. --back cover.
Call #: PS 509.H57 G76 1994
Summary: Growing up Gay, Growing up Lesbian is the first literary anthology geared specifically to gay and lesbian youth. It includes more than fifty coming-of-age stories by established writers and teenagers and has been hailed by writers, educators, activists, booksellers, and the press as an essential resource for young people―and not-so-young people―seeking to understand the gay and lesbian experience. The anthology includes selections by James Baldwin, Rita Mae Brown, David Leavitt, Jeanette Winterson, Audre Lorde, and others.
Call #: PS 509.H57 L58 1988
Summary: For centuries throughout America, both before and after the arrival of Europeans, gay and lesbian Indians were recognized as valued members of tribal communities. Combining male and female roles, gay Indians worked as mediators, artists, healers, and providers for their tribes. Living the Spirit brings together historical overviews, personal accounts, stories, and poetry that celebrate these traditional roles and the rich heritage of gay Indians, as well as contemporary writings that give voice to the lives of gay Indians today [from the back cover].
Call #: PS 3552. A45 G5
Summary: Baldwin's haunting and controversial second novel is his most sustained treatment of sexuality, and a classic of gay literature. In a 1950s Paris swarming with expatriates and characterized by dangerous liaisons and hidden violence, an American finds himself unable to repress his impulses, despite his determination to live the conventional life he envisions for himself. After meeting and proposing to a young woman, he falls into a lengthy affair with an Italian bartender and is confounded and tortured by his sexual identity as he oscillates between the two. Examining the mystery of love and passion in an intensely imagined narrative, Baldwin creates a moving and complex story of death and desire that is revelatory in its insight. (Summary Source: Goodreads)
Call #: PS 3556. E427 S76 2003
Summary: Jess Goldberg decides to come out as a butch in the bars and factories of the pre-feminist '60s and then to pass as a man in order to survive when she is left without work or a community in the early '70s.
Call #: PS 3573.A425 C6 1982
Summary: "The Color Purple” is a 1982 novel written by Alice Walker. The novel is told in an epistolary style, through the usage of 90 different letters written by the characters. In 1983, the book won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction. Several years later in 1985, it was adapted into a critically acclaimed film directed by Steven Spielberg that was nominated for eleven Academy Awards.
The story focuses on the life of a young girl named Celie who, at the start of the novel, is living with her sexually and physically abusive father. Celie’s father marries her off to a man who is referred to as ‘Mister’ and Celie endures much of the same torture from him as she did from her father. Mister is also seeing a woman named Shug Avery who is a popular jazz singer and outspoken proponent of women’s rights.
After Celie meets Shug, she discovers that she is sexually attracted to her and the two begin a sexual relationship. Celie and Shug eventually run off together to Tennessee and Celie starts her own successful fashion business. But eventually, Celie goes back to her hometown in Georgia and discovers the life she left behind has improved somewhat. She and Mister are able to bond over their shared love of Shug and Celie inherits her father’s house.(Summary Source)
Call #: PS 3601.L3347 S56 2016
Summary: "Sixteen-year-old, not-so-openly-gay Simon Spier is blackmailed into playing wingman for his classmate or else his sexual identity-- and that of his pen pal-- will be revealed."-- Provided by publisher.