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A Treasure of Sources Supporting LGBTQ Research: New Collections from Gale

Archives of Sexuality & Gender: LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940 This link opens in a new window Description of this database.

Students, educators, and researchers can now engage with a vast resource that connects them to rare and unique documentation of LGBTQ history through fully-searchable newsletters, government documents, manuscripts, pamphlets, and other types of primary sources. Selection of materials for this milestone digital program is guided by an advisory board consisting of leading scholars and librarians in sexuality and gender studies.

Documents include: 

• Meeting, committee, and conference minutes, notes, and transcripts from LGBTQ rights organizations worldwide
• Administrative records of LGBTQ rights groups, such as bylaws and membership lists
• Materials produced by these groups slated for the public: press releases, articles, fliers, handbills, brochures, presentations
• Complete contents of US and International newspapers, newsletters, and magazines
• Press clippings about gay and lesbian issues
• Internal US government memoranda
• Studies and reports by US government agencies and nongovernmental organizations
• International reports, policy statements, and documents related to LGBTQ health and rights
• Medical research records and reports
• Private correspondence
• Surveys, election questionnaires, records of site visits
• Government briefing books
• Photographs

Archives of Sexuality & Gender: LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940: “About” and “Primary Sources”