LGBT Studies Research Guide

Resources in GLBT Studies

Titles listed in this guide will be found in different departmental libraries. All of the sources are reference materials. The call numbers as well as the location of each resource is listed on the left column within each source description.
Note: Most sources, with the exception of a few, are print resources.

Call Numbers 305	Social Groups
305.31	Men
305.4	Women
305.5	Social Classes
305.8	Racial ethnic, national groups
305.906	Persons by cultural level, marital status, sexual orientation or special social status.
306	Culture and Institutions
306.08	Indigenous racial, ethnic, and national groups
306.2	Political Institutions
306.4	Specific aspect of Culture, i.e. language, science, art, etc.
306.7	Sexual Relations
306.76	Sexual Orientation
306.8	Marriage and Family
306.85	Family
306.89	Separation and Divorce

Abstracts and Indexes
Online through the ORR	GenderWatch. 1970-. http://www.library.uiuc.edu/orr/get.php?instid=258226 This database provides full text articles from scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, and governmental and special reports. The publications indexed focus on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas. Contains archival material that dates back to 1970.
Online through the ORR	GLBT Life with Full Text. http://www.library.uiuc.edu/orr/get.php?instid=395384 Abstracts and indexes a large variety of journals, newspapers, and monographs as well as provides full text for 50 of the most important and historically significant GLBT sources. Many of the sources indexed contain information relevant to women’s studies.

Encyclopedias, Handbooks, and Dictionaries
Undergrad Ref 305.9066403 C762c	Cassell’s Encyclopedia of Queer Myth, Symbol, and Spirit: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Lore. 1997. This encyclopedia focuses “on the mythic and spiritual aspects of erotic and gendered experience” in different religions and spiritual practices. Arranged alphabetically, entries are on important symbols, mythical and real individuals, as well as different rituals in various beliefs that have homosexual, bisexual, and/or transgender undertones. Spiritual practices discussed include Buddhism, Christianity, Women’s Spirituality, and Queer Spirit.
Main Ref Q. 305.90664 H678c	Completely Queer: The Gay and Lesbian Encyclopedia. 1998. This two-volume set provides biographical information on over 600 female artists “from the Middle Ages to the present day, in countries throughout Europe as well as America and Australia." Includes over “20 key survey essays.” Emphasis is historic rather than contemporary. Excludes women born after 1945, architects and interior, garden, and fashion designers. Also profiles less-familiar amateur artists and artists working in the decorative arts.
Education Ref Q. 306.703 D456	A Descriptive Dictionary and Atlas of Sexology. 1991. Defines terms relating to sexuality and sexual behavior. Includes biological, medical, and sociological terms, but excludes slang and jargon. Appendices provide lists of phobias and an atlas of human sexuality which provides charts, diagrams, and illustrations of various parts of the anatomy related to sexuality.
Education Ref Main Ref Undergrad Ref 306.76603 EN19	Encyclopedia of Homosexuality. 1990. This "interdisciplinary, transcultural, and transhistorical" encyclopedia contains 770 thematic, topical, and biographical entries. Each entry is followed by a short bibliography. Covers issues related to bisexuality as well as entries on individuals who are not gay, lesbian, and/or bisexual.
Education Ref 306.76603 G25	Gay Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia. 2000. Dedicated to providing information about the history and culture of gay individuals, this volume presents information on important gay issues. Includes topical and biographical entries; biographical entries profile both historical and contemporary figures, but only famous individuals are included. Each entry is extensively cross-referenced and includes a bibliography.
Education Ref 306.766303 L563	Lesbian Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia. 2000 Arranged in the same matter as Gay Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia, this volume focuses on lesbian history and culture.
Education Ref Undergrad Ref 305.90664 G256	Gay and Lesbian Rights in the United States: A Documentary History. 2003. Tells the history of the fight for Gay and Lesbian Rights in the United Stated through primary document. Key primary documents include speeches, letters, congressional testimony, court decisions, government reports, biographical accounts, position papers, statutes, and news stories. Arranged in chronological order, and grouped together under general historical themes, documents both for and against gay and lesbian rights are included.
Education Ref 305.3 C346h	Handbook of the Sociology of Gender. Janet S. Chafetz. 1999. Divided into four sections, the first section examines gender theory and feminist epistemology, and provides a comparison of genders. Section two discusses topics such as comparative gender stratification, poverty, gender movements, gender organizations and gender in cultures. The third section addresses topics such as gender socialization, gender and social roles, and gender violence and harassment. The fourth section looks at the relationship between gender and social institutions.
Main Ref Undergrad Ref 305.90664 H911h	Historical Dictionary of the Gay Liberation Movement: Gay Men and the Quest for Social Justice. 1999. Traces the evolution of the Gay Liberation Movement through descriptions of its many key organizations, leaders, essential issues and strategies, and the situations pertaining to the movement in numerous countries.
Education Ref 305.90664 M992h	Historical Dictionary of the Lesbian Liberation Movement: Still the Rage. 2003. International in scope, this source brings the Lesbian Liberation Movement into focus by describing issues, conflicts, people, theories, organizations and terms that have been essential to the movement. Focus is on the political lesbian rights movement, thus not all lesbian artists or literary figures are listed. Traces the history of the movement through a chronology that ranges from 580 B.C. to 2003.
Education Ref Undergrad Ref 306.703 H88	Human Sexuality: An Encyclopedia. 1994. Includes over 200 articles on concepts and theories, individuals, and phenomena related to the study of human sexuality. Articles are written by experts from a variety of subject areas including medicine, biology, history, anthropology, sociology, political science, and literature.
Education Ref Undergrad Ref 305.90664097 Sm641g	Gay and Lesbian Americans and Political Participation: A Reference Handbook. 2002. “Provides an overview and analyses of the LGBT political participation in four crucial spheres of protest, social movement, electoral politics, and public office.” Individual chapters cover gay and lesbian participation in electoral politics, protest politics, social movements, interest groups, and political office-holding. Entries are on important people, laws, and terms. Includes a directory of organizations and a chronology of major events that covers the dates 1920 to 2002.
Undergrad Ref 305.9 St492g	Gay and Lesbian Issues: A Reference Handbook. 2003. Traces the history of the gay civil rights movement. Addresses issues such as discrimination, hate crimes, family and legal issues, and includes information on various professional gay rights organizations. Each chapter concludes with a list of references. A section entitled Selected Print and Nonprint Resources includes lists of bookstores, periodicals, publishers, and videos that provide information on gay and lesbian issues.
Education Ref 305.3 In82	International Handbook on Gender Roles. 1993. Compares gender roles in thirty-one countries, including the U.S., and provides an overview of the social conditions of men and women throughout the life cycle, from infancy to old age. A chapter is dedicated to each country and includes a bibliography.
History, Philosophy & Newspaper Ref Undergrad Ref Q. 306.7660973 L599	LGBT: Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History in America. 2004. “Brings together and focuses on different kinds of knowledge about sexualities and genders” and “covers more than 400 years of historical development” in the United States. Organized alphabetically, entries are biographical and topical in nature, and include bibliographic references and cross-references. Provides a chronology of major developments from 1566-2003, and a directory of LGBT libraries and archives in the U.S. and Canada.
Music Ref ML100 Q84C5	The Queer Encyclopedia of Music, Dance, & Musical Theater. 2004 Includes 200 alphabetically arranged biographical articles on composers, singers, musicians, dancers, and choreographers across many eras and styles. Also offers lengthy overviews of various music and dance genres. Focuses primarily on North America and Western Europe from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century.
Architecture & Art Ref 704.08664 Q319	The Queer Encyclopedia of the Visual Arts. 2004. International in scope, this source “showcases the enormous contribution of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer artists to painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and architecture.” Consists of 200 signed entries with bibliographic information and cross-references.
Education Ref 371.826603 Y888	Youth, Education, and Sexualities: An International Encyclopedia. 2005. This two-volume set provides information on “current research, policy, and practice regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth throughout the world but primarily in the United States.” Includes 250 entries with references. Entries cover issues such as suicide; counseling; gay-straight alliances; popular culture; racism; prostitution; HIV education; pregnancy; fraternities; and gender roles.

Statistics
Undergrad Ref Q. 306.7660973 G223g	The Gay & Lesbian Atlas. 2004. Based on the most recent data from the U.S. Census, this work “offers a detailed geographic and demographic portrait of gay and lesbian families in all 50 states.” Lists the 25 U.S. metropolitan areas with the largest lesbian and gay populations. Includes 250 full-color maps and charts.
Education Ref 305.43329 M363a	The Almanac of Women and Minorities in American Politics 2002. 2001. Dedicates chapters to the discussion of gays and lesbians in American politics as well as chapters on women, African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans, and Native minorities in politics.

Bibliographies
Education Reserves 016.30687 N759g	Gay and Lesbian Families: A Bibliography. 2000. Contains different sources “on gay and lesbian parenting, parents and children of gays and lesbians, and violence in lesbian and gay families” with a social, political, psychological or feminist perspective. Sources include books, pamphlets, government documents, dissertations, articles within books, and periodicals articles. Divided into 10 sections: Gay Families; Lesbian Families; Gay Parents; Lesbian Parents; Children of Gays and Lesbians; Parents of Gays and Lesbians; Violence in Gay Families; Same-sex Marriage; Domestic Partnership; and A List of Resources, divided by resource type.
Education Ref 305.90664 R437	The Gay and Lesbian Movement: References and Resources. 1996. Identifies over 1,900 resources about the gay and lesbian movement, and provides annotations for each resource. The book is divided into two parts. Part one is further divided into three major time periods, which are subdivided by subject. Part two arranges entries by regional community. This section has a special feature “Newspaper Sources of Regional Gay and Lesbian History,” which lists different newspaper titles of importance to the movement that can be used as primary sources.
Education Ref 016.3014243 G25	A Gay Bibliography: Eight Bibliographies on Lesbian and Male Homosexuality. 1975. This source compiles eight bibliographies on lesbian and gay issues. An introduction to each bibliography explains its content and purpose. Also included is a chronological bibliography of sources that discuss how homosexuality was portrayed from 700 B.C to 1958.
Education Ref 016.306766 R437H	The Homosexual and Society: An Annotated Bibliography. 1990. Focuses on “seven areas where homophobia has been expressed in coherent form.” These areas include adoption; child custody; the military; employment discrimination; censorship; religion; and police attitudes and actions. Most of the citations are from five main journals: The Advocate, The Ladder, the Mattachine Review, Time and Newsweek.
Education Ref 016.306766 D993H	Homosexuality: A Research Guide. 1987. The purpose of this source is to “convey a sense of the history of the study of homosexual behavior—which goes back to the ancient Greeks.” 4858 citations are included. Divided into sections by subject, each section includes an introduction and an annotated list of works for that topic. Includes works in other languages and excludes all creative works of fiction. Though somewhat dated, it is a valuable source for historical research.
Education Ref 016.3014243 P22H	Homosexuality: A Selective Bibliography of Over 3,000 Items. 1971. Lists different types of resources with various perspectives on homosexuality. Arranged by source type, sources include books/pamphlets, documents, theses and dissertations, articles in books, newspaper articles, articles in popular magazines, articles in religious journals, articles in legal journals, court cases involving consenting adults, articles in medical and scientific journals, articles in other specialized journals, articles in homophile publications, literary works, and miscellaneous works—movies, television programs, and phonograph records. This source has two supplements: Homosexuality Bibliography: Supplement, 1970-1975. (Education Ref, 016.3014243 P22HSUP), which “includes all the significant material published in English during the 6 years from 1970 to 1975.” Homosexuality Bibliography. Second Supplement, 1976-1982. (Education Ref, 016.3014243 P22HSUP.2) covers 1976 to 1982. Both supplements are arranged the same way as the original.
Education Ref Main Ref Q. 305.90664 R227	Reader's Guide to Lesbian and Gay Studies. 2000. Serves as a reference guide to existing academic literature on topics and persons important to gay and lesbian studies. Entries offer a brief introduction to a topic and an overview of the secondary literature. Includes secondary literature about a person, and excludes literature written by the person. Some non-English titles are included.
Education Ref 016.6126 F869S 1995	Studies in Human Sexuality: A Selected Guide. 2nd ed. 1995. Provides annotations to 1,100 English language books on human sexuality. Provides coding at the top of each entry which suggests reading level/audience. Divided into three parts: Part 1 “General” includes reference works, conference proceedings, and statistical studies. Part 2 “Topical Guide” brings together major concepts and divides them by subtopic. Part 3 “Bibliographies” reviews 46 bibliographies on subjects such as birth control and contraception, sex and the mass media, and disability.

Biographical Sources
Modern Languages Ref 809 G25 2002	The Gay and Lesbian Literary Heritage: A Reader's Companion to the Writers and Their Works, From Antiquity to the Present. 2002. “Provides overviews of gay and lesbian presence in a variety of literatures and historical periods.” Includes 400 alphabetically arranged articles by 175 scholars. Some entries are lengthy critical essays on major gay and lesbian authors in world literature, and others are brief articles on topics and lesser-known figures.
English Ref 813.0922 C767	Contemporary Gay American Novelists: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook. 1993. Includes fifty-seven biographical entries on famous as well as lesser-known male novelists. Each entry includes a biography; summary of major works and themes; assessment of critical reception, which discusses how homophobia affected critical opinion of these novelists’ works; and a bibliography of both primary sources and selected studies. Of note is an introductory essay by Gregory Bredbeck which helps define "gay literature."
English Ref 810.9 C7673	Contemporary Lesbian Writers of the United States: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook. 1993. Profiles 100 contemporary women writers of poetry, fiction, and drama in the United States. Women included reflect a diverse ethnic, racial, and political background, but they all have written as self-identified lesbians at some point during the 1970-1992 time period. Entries consist of biographical information; an analysis of major works and themes; an overview of critical reception; and bibliographies of primary works, critical studies, and reviews. Includes appendices which list publishers of lesbian literature and periodicals featuring lesbian writers. An extensive bibliography of nonfiction resources is also included.
Main Ref Q. 305.9066409 G25	Gay & Lesbian Biography. 1997. “Provides biographical information on 275 gays and lesbians” from all time periods across the globe with a variety of vocations. Entries include dates of birth and death; nationality; occupation; and information on a person’s life as well as his/her importance to the gay or lesbian community.
Main Ref Undergrad Ref Q. 809.93353 G253	Gay & Lesbian Literature. 1994-1998. This two-volume bio-bibliography consists of 200 entries on novelists, poets, short story writers, dramatists, journalists, editors, and writers of nonfiction. Inclusion is based upon the gay and lesbian themes in the writer’s work and not on the writer’s sexuality. Entries include lengthy critical essays as well as brief biographies with personal information, a summary of the author's career, and a list of major awards. Special features include a list of adaptations based upon the author's work; locations of manuscript collections; a list of biographical sources; a list of major interviews; bibliographies compiled on the author; and critical sources. An appendix listing various gay book awards and their recipients is also provided.
Undergrad Ref 306.7660922 W62	Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History. 2002. Includes 500 biographical entries on individuals from ancient times to the present. Anyone of significance in the history of sexual minorities, regardless of their sexual preference, has been included. Most entries are accompanied by a bibliography.
English Ref 812.08 P442W	Women Playwrights of Diversity: A Bio-bibliographical Sourcebook. 1997. “Highlights the careers of women playwrights who are writing from and about the ethic and cultural diversity in America in the 1990s.” Focus is on contemporary women, and includes women who have written since 1970. Lesbian writers are self-identified. Divided into two parts, part one provides four introductory essays on minority women. One of the chapters is dedicated to lesbian playwrights. Part two is an alphabetical listing of women playwrights. In order to identify the lesbian writers included in part two, readers need to consult appendix one, which lists playwrights by cultural/ethnic groups. Each entry in part two includes a short biography; play descriptions; selected production history; play availability, i.e. a bibliography of possible sources where the plays can be located; awards; and descriptive and critical responses.

Almanacs
Undergrad Ref 306.76630973 L563	The Lesbian Almanac. 1996 This two-volume set comprises “over 1000 pages of information on lesbians and gays, featuring historical timelines, lists of notable people, glossaries, quotes, statistics, AIDS coverage and directories as well as cultural, recreational, legal, and religious information.”
Main Ref Q. 305.9066409 St59	St. James Press Gay & Lesbian Almanac. 1998 “Focuses on the gay and lesbian experience in the United States” in the twentieth century. Bisexual and transgender issues are also covered. Includes “full or partial text of important primary documents such as articles, speeches, legal cases, and government texts.”